Test 2 · ★ · Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on…
In a cartoon the dinosaurs are all scaly and none has a feather. What would a new science book show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dinosaurs, none · What happens: be, have · To what, where: cartoon, feather
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 269 «Feathered dinosaurs: from Archaeopteryx to the chicken on your plate» 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: In a cartoon the dinosaurs are all scaly and none has a feather.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 scaly | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dinosaurs | det |
| 5 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 scaly | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 scaly | cop |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 scaly | advmod |
| 8 | scaly | scaly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 has | cc |
| 10 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 11 has | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 scaly | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 feather | det |
| 13 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 has | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 scaly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the dinosaurs | a cartoon | all, scaly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | present | none | a feather | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |
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 would a new science book show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 show | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 show | amod |
| 5 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | compound |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | compound |
| 7 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 would | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many dinosaurs with feathers or fluff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dinosaurs | amod |
| 2 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 feathers | case |
| 4 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 dinosaurs | nmod |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 fluff | cc |
| 6 | fluff | fluff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dinosaurs | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Dinosaurs made of rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Dinosaurs | acl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 rock | case |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | Dinosaurs not said here | of rock | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 3
Only scales, as in the cartoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 scales | advmod |
| 2 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cartoon | punct |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 cartoon | case |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cartoon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cartoon | det |
| 7 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scales | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Dinosaurs with fur like cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 fur | case |
| 3 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dinosaurs | nmod |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 cats | case |
| 5 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Dinosaurs | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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