Test 2 · ★ · Dolphins, porpoises and seals

In the cartoon a seal claps its flippers and balances a ball. What's the real story?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: seal, real story · What happens: clap, balance, be · To what, where: flippers, ball

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In the cartoon a seal claps its flippers and balances a ball.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claps	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 seal	det
5	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claps	nsubj
6	claps	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 flippers	nmod:poss
8	flippers	flipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 claps	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 balances	cc
10	balances	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 claps	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ball	det
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 balances	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 claps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	present	a seal	seal's flippers				in the cartoon	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent flipper=Patient in cartoon=Theme
2	balance	present	a seal not said here	a ball					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ball=Theme

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's the real story?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the real story						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

That is a trick taught to sea lions, not what wild seals do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 trick	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trick	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trick	det
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trick	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 lions	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lions	compound
8	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taught	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 what	advmod
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 do	obj
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 seals	amod
13	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trick	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a trick		tree rules
2	teach speech: other	participle		a trick not said here	sea lions	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to lion=Recipient
3	do	present	wild seals	a trick		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Wild seals do it every day on the rocks to have some fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 seals	amod
2	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 do	nsubj
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 do	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 do	obl:unmarked
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 rocks	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rocks	det
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 do	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 have	mark
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 do	advcl
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 fun	det
13	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	Wild seals	it		the rocks	day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	have	to-infinitive	Wild seals not said here	some fun					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient

Option 3

Only baby seals do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 seals	advmod
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seals	compound
3	seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	baby seals	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

Seals clap to call their mothers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seals	seal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clap	nsubj
2	clap	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 call	mark
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 clap	advcl
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mothers	nmod:poss
6	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	present	Seals						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	to-infinitive	Seals not said here		Seals's mothers				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient

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