Test 11 · ★ · DNA simply: the recipe in every cell
«sausage dog and a husky, totally different, can't both come from wolves» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolves · What happens: not come, be · To what, where: wolves
This is test 11 · ★ 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 dog | punct |
| 2 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dog | compound |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 different | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 husky | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 husky | det |
| 6 | husky | husky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dog | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 different | punct |
| 8 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 9 different | advmod |
| 9 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 come | punct |
| 11 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 come | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 come | advmod |
| 13 | both | both | ADV | _ | 14 come | advmod |
| 14 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 different | conj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 wolves | case |
| 16 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 come | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 wolves | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wolves | acl:relcl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 different | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come in a quote | can | wolves | both property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wolf=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | wolves | 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
Sausage dogs come from badgers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dogs | compound |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 badgers | case |
| 5 | badgers | badger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Sausage dogs | from badgers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from badger=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
All dog breeds carry DNA from wolves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 breeds | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 breeds | compound |
| 3 | breeds | breed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | nsubj |
| 4 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | DNA | DNA | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carry | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 wolves | case |
| 7 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | all dog breeds | DNA | wolves | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent dna=Theme from wolf=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Dogs come from foxes, not wolves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 foxes | case |
| 4 | foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wolves | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 wolves | advmod |
| 7 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 foxes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Dogs | from foxes and wolves | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fox=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Only huskies come from wolves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 huskies | advmod |
| 2 | huskies | husky | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 wolves | case |
| 5 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | huskies | wolves | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wolf=Initial_Location |
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