Test 9 · Extinct forever: the dodo, the passenger pigeon, the thyla…

«penguins live at the South Pole, so the first penguin must've been there» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: penguins, first penguin · What happens: live, be · To what, where: South Pole

This is test 9 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	_	3 live	punct
2	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 Pole	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Pole	det
6	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Pole	compound
7	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 live	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 right	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	20 right	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 penguin	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 penguin	amod
12	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 right	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 there	aux
14	've	have	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 there	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 there	cop
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 penguin	acl:relcl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 there	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	3 live	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	live in a quote	present	penguins	the South Pole		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pole=Location
2	is in a quote	must · perfect	the first penguin not said here		there property	tree rules
3	is	present	the first penguin		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

The dodo was the first penguin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dodo	det
2	dodo	dodo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 penguin	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 penguin	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 penguin	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 penguin	amod
6	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the dodo	the first penguin					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The first bird called a penguin was the great auk of the North Atlantic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 bird	amod
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 auk	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bird	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 penguin	det
6	penguin	penguin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 auk	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 auk	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 auk	amod
10	auk	auk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Atlantic	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Atlantic	det
13	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Atlantic	compound
14	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 auk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		the first bird not said here	a penguin				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent penguin=Recipient
2	is a	past	the first bird	the great auk				of the North Atlantic	tree rules

Option 3

Penguins started at the North Pole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 Pole	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pole	det
5	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Pole	compound
6	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 started	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	Penguins			the North Pole			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Penguins were first seen in Australia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 seen	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 seen	advmod
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Australia	case
6	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · passive		Penguins		Australia		first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

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