Test 4 · Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus,…

«Stego's back plates, that's armour innit, like a knight» What is closer to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, knight · What happens: be · To what, where: armour innit

This is test 4 of lesson 267 «Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus and the duck-bills» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 plates	punct
2	Stego	Stego	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 plates	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Stego	case
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plates	compound
5	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 innit	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 innit	cop
9	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 innit	compound
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plates	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 knight	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 knight	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 knight	det
14	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plates	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 knight	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 closer	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 closer	cop
18	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 knight	amod
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 truth	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 truth	det
21	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 closer	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 plates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	that	armour innit					tree rules
2	is	present	a knight					to the truth; close property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They were too thin for good armour, probably for display

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thin	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thin	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 thin	advmod
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 armour	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 armour	amod
7	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thin	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 display	punct
9	probably	probably	ADV	_	11 display	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 display	case
11	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					for good armour; thin property	tree rules

Option 2

They were made of metal, like a real knight's armour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 metal	case
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 armour	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	12 armour	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 knight	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 knight	amod
10	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 armour	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 knight	case
12	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		They				of metal; like a real knight's armour	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

They were folded-up wings it opened to fly away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 folded	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 folded	aux:pass
3	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wings	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 folded	compound:prt
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 opened	nsubj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 opened	nsubj
8	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fly	mark
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 opened	xcomp
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 fly	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fold up	past · passive		They		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	open	past	folded wings			tree rules
3	fly away	to-infinitive	folded wings not said here		away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, they were thick armour that stopped every single bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 armour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 armour	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 armour	cop
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 armour	amod
6	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stopped	nsubj
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 armour	acl:relcl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 bite	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bite	amod
11	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stopped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	they	thick armour					tree rules
2	stop	past	thick armour	every single bite					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality bite=Eventuality

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