Test 9 · ★ · Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present
Giant squid tentacles wash up on a beach. Why are giant squid so rarely seen alive?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Giant squid tentacles · What happens: wash up, see · To what, where: beach
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 273 «Megalodon and the giants of the sea, past and present» 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: Giant squid tentacles wash up on a beach.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tentacles | amod |
| 2 | squid | squid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tentacles | compound |
| 3 | tentacles | tentacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wash | nsubj |
| 4 | wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 wash | compound:prt |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 beach | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 beach | det |
| 8 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wash | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wash | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash up | present | Giant squid tentacles | a beach | vn floss-41.2.1 «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: Why are giant squid so rarely seen alive?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 seen | advmod |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 seen | aux:pass |
| 3 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 squid | amod |
| 4 | squid | squid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 are | nsubj |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 seen | advmod |
| 6 | rarely | rarely | ADV | _ | 7 seen | advmod |
| 7 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seen | xcomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 seen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · passive | alive, rarely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They live deep down in the dark sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 4 down | advmod |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 2 live | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 7 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sea | amod |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | They | the dark sea | down property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
Option 2
They live only high up in the mountains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 up | advmod |
| 4 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 up | advmod |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 2 live | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 mountains | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mountains | det |
| 8 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | They | the mountains | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |
Option 3
They hide in rivers and lakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hide | nsubj |
| 2 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 rivers | case |
| 4 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hide | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 lakes | cc |
| 6 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rivers | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | They | rivers and lakes | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in river=Location |
Option 4
They are invisible to our eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 invisible | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 invisible | cop |
| 3 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 eyes | case |
| 5 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 invisible | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | to our eyes; invisible property | tree rules |
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