Test 1 · ★ · Dolphins, porpoises and seals

flipper's always smiling so dolphins must be happy all the time right

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: flipper, dolphins · What happens: smile, be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 27 «Dolphins, porpoises and seals» 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	flipper	flipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smiling	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 flipper	case
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 smiling	advmod
4	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 happy	mark
6	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 happy	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 happy	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 happy	cop
9	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smiling	advcl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 time	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smiling	obl:unmarked
13	right	right	ADV	_	4 smiling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	gerund	flipper				time	always, right property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	must	dolphins					happy 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

No, the "smile" is just the shape of its mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 shape	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smile	det
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 smile	punct
5	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shape	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 smile	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shape	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	10 shape	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shape	det
10	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the smile	the shape				of smile's mouth	tree rules

Option 2

No, dolphins frown when the water's cold and smile only when it's warm

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 frown	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 frown	nsubj
4	frown	frown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 cold	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cold	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 water	case
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 frown	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 smile	cc
11	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 frown	conj
12	only	only	ADV	_	16 warm	advmod
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 warm	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 warm	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 warm	cop
16	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 frown	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	frown	present	dolphins		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	smile	infinitive	dolphins not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	water	warm property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, they smile when they're full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 smile	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 smile	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smile	nsubj
4	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 full	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 full	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 full	cop
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smile	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smile	present	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they					full property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, dolphins are always happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 happy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 happy	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 happy	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 happy	advmod
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	dolphins					always, happy property	tree rules

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