Test 8 · ★★ · Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film m…
«Utahraptor was tiny like Velociraptor yeah?» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Utahraptor · What happens: be
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 268 «Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers and film mistakes» 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
Sentence 1: «Utahraptor was tiny like Velociraptor yeah?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 tiny | punct |
| 2 | Utahraptor | Utahraptor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tiny | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tiny | cop |
| 4 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 Velociraptor | case |
| 6 | Velociraptor | Velociraptor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tiny | obl |
| 7 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 tiny | discourse |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tiny | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 tiny | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Utahraptor | like Velociraptor; tiny 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.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, both were turkey-sized
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 sized | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sized | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sized | aux:pass |
| 5 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sized | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 turkey | punct |
| 7 | sized | size | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | size | past · passive | both | tree rules |
Option 2
No, Utahraptor was a sea monster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 monster | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Utahraptor | Utahraptor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 monster | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 monster | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 monster | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 monster | compound |
| 7 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Utahraptor | a sea monster | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, Utahraptor was even smaller than that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 smaller | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Utahraptor | Utahraptor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 smaller | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 smaller | cop |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 smaller | advmod |
| 6 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 that | case |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 smaller | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Utahraptor | than that; small property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, Utahraptor was about 6 metres long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Utahraptor | Utahraptor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 long | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 long | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 6 | advmod |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 metres | nummod |
| 7 | metres | metre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 long | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Utahraptor | 6 metres obl:unmarked; long property | tree rules |
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