Test 3 · ★★ · Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks
«a fish is less evolved than me cos it can't even walk lol» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish · What happens: be, not walk
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 278 «Evolution: why giraffes really have long necks» 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 | _ | 6 evolved | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fish | det |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 evolved | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 evolved | cop |
| 5 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 evolved | advmod |
| 6 | evolved | evolved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 me | case |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 evolved | obl |
| 9 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 14 walk | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 walk | nsubj |
| 11 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 walk | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 walk | advmod |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 walk | advmod |
| 14 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 evolved | advcl |
| 15 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 14 walk | discourse |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 lol | punct |
| 17 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 right | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 right | cop |
| 19 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 walk | advcl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 evolved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | a fish | than me; evolved, less property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not walk in a quote | can | fish | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 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
No, fish are more evolved than you because they have been around much longer
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 evolved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 evolved | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 evolved | cop |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 evolved | advmod |
| 6 | evolved | evolved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 evolved | obl |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 around | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 around | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 around | aux |
| 12 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 around | cop |
| 13 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 evolved | advcl |
| 14 | much | much | ADV | _ | 15 longer | advmod |
| 15 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 around | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fish | than you; evolved property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present · perfect | fish | around, long property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, fish are half-finished people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 finished | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 finished | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 finished | aux:pass |
| 5 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 7 finished | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 half | punct |
| 7 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 finished | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | present · passive | fish | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, a fish is fitted to water as well as you are fitted to land
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 fitted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fish | det |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fitted | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fitted | aux:pass |
| 6 | fitted | fit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 water | case |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fitted | obl |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 6 fitted | advmod |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 as | fixed |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 fitted | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 fitted | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fitted | aux:pass |
| 14 | fitted | fit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 fitted | advcl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 land | mark |
| 16 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 fitted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present · passive | a fish | to water goal | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to water=Goal | ||||
| 2 | fit | present · passive | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | land | to-infinitive | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, fish stopped evolving long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 stopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stopped | nsubj |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | evolving | evolve | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stopped | xcomp |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 ago | advmod |
| 7 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 5 evolving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | fish | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | evolve | gerund | fish not said here | ago property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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