Test 10 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell
«Neanderthals died out, so nobody's got their DNA, duh» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Neanderthals, nobody · What happens: die out, get, be · To what, where: DNA
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 277 «DNA simply: the recipe in every cell» 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 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 died | punct |
| 2 | Neanderthals | neanderthal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 died | nsubj |
| 3 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 right | advcl |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 died | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 got | advmod |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 got | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | aux |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 died | advcl |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 DNA | nmod:poss |
| 11 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 duh | punct |
| 13 | duh | duh | INTJ | _ | 9 got | discourse |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 died | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 right | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 right | cop |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die out in a quote | past | Neanderthals | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | nobody | Neanderthals's DNA | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dna=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | present | right 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
Nobody has any, they were not related to us
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 has | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 related | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 related | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 related | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 related | advmod |
| 8 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 has | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 us | case |
| 10 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 related | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Nobody | any | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | they | us | related property | tree rules |
Option 2
Everyone today is half Neanderthal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 Neanderthal | nsubj |
| 2 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Everyone | nmod:unmarked |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Neanderthal | cop |
| 4 | half | half | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 5 Neanderthal | amod |
| 5 | Neanderthal | Neanderthal | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Everyone | half Neanderthal | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only Neanderthal fossils carry it, buried in caves in Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 fossils | advmod |
| 2 | Neanderthal | neanderthal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fossils | amod |
| 3 | fossils | fossil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | nsubj |
| 4 | carry | carry | 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 carry | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 buried | punct |
| 7 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 carry | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 caves | case |
| 9 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 buried | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Europe | case |
| 11 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 buried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | Neanderthal fossils | it | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bury | participle | Neanderthal fossils not said here | caves | in Europe | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cave=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Many people today carry a small part of Neanderthal DNA
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | nsubj |
| 3 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carry | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 part | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 part | amod |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carry | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 DNA | case |
| 9 | Neanderthal | Neanderthal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 DNA | compound |
| 10 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | Many people | a small part of Neanderthal DNA | today | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
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