Test 12 · ★★ · Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and…
Count them: a scientist catches 3 lizards before a storm and 2 after. Each lizard has 4 feet. How many feet did she measure in all?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, scientist, lizard, many feet · What happens: count, catch, have, measure · To what, where: them, 3 lizards, 4 feet, all
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 279 «Natural selection we can watch: moths, finches, germs and tuskless elephants» 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: Count them: a scientist catches 3 lizards before a storm and 2 after.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 catches | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 scientist | det |
| 5 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catches | nsubj |
| 6 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 lizards | nummod |
| 8 | lizards | lizard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 catches | obj |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 storm | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 storm | det |
| 11 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 catches | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 2 | cc |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 storm | appos |
| 14 | after | after | ADV | _ | 13 2 | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | catch | present | a scientist | 3 lizards | before a storm | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Theme |
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: Each lizard has 4 feet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 lizard | det |
| 2 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 feet | nummod |
| 5 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | each lizard | 4 feet | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
Sentence 3: How many feet did she measure in all?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feet | amod |
| 3 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 measure | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 measure | aux |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 measure | nsubj |
| 6 | measure | measure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 measure | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 measure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | past · do-support | many feet | all | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
16
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
8
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
20
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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