Test 2 · Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs a…
In The Flintstones, Fred rides a dinosaur to work. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Fred · What happens: ride, work, be · To what, where: dinosaur, Flintstones
This is test 2 of lesson 270 «Not dinosaurs at all: pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs and Mary Anning» 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 Flintstones, Fred rides a dinosaur to work.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 Flintstones | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Flintstones | det |
| 3 | Flintstones | Flintstone | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 rides | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Flintstones | punct |
| 5 | Fred | Fred | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 rides | nsubj |
| 6 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dinosaur | det |
| 8 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rides | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 work | mark |
| 10 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dinosaur | acl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 rides | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present | Fred | a dinosaur | the Flintstones | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Theme | |||
| 2 | work | to-infinitive | Fred not said here | a dinosaur not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No person ever saw a living non-bird dinosaur
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 saw | advmod |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dinosaur | det |
| 6 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dinosaur | amod |
| 7 | non-bird | non-bird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dinosaur | amod |
| 8 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | no person | a living non-bird dinosaur | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinosaur=Stimulus |
Option 2
Cavemen did tame dinosaurs and used them for work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cavemen | caveman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tame | tame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dinosaurs | amod |
| 4 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 used | cc |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | conj |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 used | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 work | case |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Cavemen | tame dinosaurs | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | use | past | Cavemen not said here | dinosaurs = dinosaur | for work | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Theme for work=Eventuality |
Option 3
Dinosaurs lived until only about 1,000 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lived | nsubj |
| 2 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | until | until | ADP | _ | 7 years | case |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 1,000 | advmod |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 1,000 | advmod |
| 6 | 1,000 | 1000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lived | obl |
| 8 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 7 years | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | Dinosaurs | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Some people in far-off places still ride them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 ride | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 places | case |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 places | advmod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 far | punct |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 places | compound |
| 7 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 people | nmod |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 ride | advmod |
| 9 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ride | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present | some people in off places | places = place | still | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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