Test 2 · Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thyla…

«the dodo was too dumb to survive, natural selection innit» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dodo · What happens: be, survive · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 281 «Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thylacine and more» 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 dumb	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dodo	det
3	dodo	dodo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dumb	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dumb	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 dumb	advmod
6	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 right	csubj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 survive	mark
8	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dumb	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
10	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	amod
11	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 innit	compound
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dumb	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 dumb	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the dodo	dumb property	tree rules
2	survive in a quote	to-infinitive	the dodo not said here		vn exist-47.1-1 «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, it was killed by a meteorite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 killed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 killed	aux:pass
5	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 meteorite	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 meteorite	det
8	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive	a meteorite	it					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

Yes, it forgot to eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 forgot	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forgot	nsubj
4	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forgot	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	it						tree rules
2	not eat	to-infinitive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, it was the dumbest bird ever, so nature got rid of it long before people came

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 bird	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bird	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bird	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bird	det
6	dumbest	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 bird	amod
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 bird	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 got	advmod
11	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bird	conj
13	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 got	xcomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rid	obl
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 got	advmod
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 came	mark
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 came	nsubj
19	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 got	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	the dumbest bird	ever		tree rules
2	get	past	nature			long, rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	come	past	people				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it was well fitted to an island without predators until people brought new ones

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fitted	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fitted	aux:pass
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 fitted	advmod
6	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 island	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 island	det
9	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fitted	obl
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 predators	case
11	predators	predator	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fitted	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 brought	mark
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 brought	nsubj
14	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fitted	advcl
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ones	amod
16	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 brought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	past · passive		it				to a island goal; without predators; well property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to island=Goal
2	bring	past	people	new ones					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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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