Test 1 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…
«eagles on US money, so they've always been loads of them» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: eagles · What happens: be · To what, where: loads
This is test 1 of lesson 282 «Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors and the kakapo» 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 | _ | 2 eagles | punct |
| 2 | eagles | eagle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 right | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 money | case |
| 4 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 money | compound |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eagles | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 loads | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 loads | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 loads | nsubj |
| 9 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 loads | aux |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 12 loads | advmod |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 loads | cop |
| 12 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eagles | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 loads | nmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 eagles | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 right | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 right | cop |
| 18 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present · perfect | eagles = eagle | loads | of loads = load; always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | eagles on US money and loads | 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
Yes, they were never in danger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 danger | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 danger | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 danger | cop |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 danger | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 danger | case |
| 7 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | they | danger | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, they only live on coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 live | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 live | advmod |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 coins | case |
| 7 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | they | coins | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coin=Location |
Option 3
No, they are extinct now, so they only live on money as a way to remember them
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 extinct | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 extinct | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 extinct | cop |
| 5 | extinct | extinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 extinct | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 live | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 live | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 live | nsubj |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 live | advmod |
| 11 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 extinct | conj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 money | case |
| 13 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 live | obl |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 way | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 way | det |
| 16 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 live | obl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 remember | mark |
| 18 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 live | advcl |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 remember | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | they | now | extinct property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | live | present | they | money | as a way | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on money=Location | |||
| 3 | remember | to-infinitive | they not said here | them = they | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, they fell to about 400 pairs before DDT was banned and they were protected
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 fell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 pairs | case |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 400 | advmod |
| 7 | 400 | 400 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 pairs | nummod |
| 8 | pairs | pair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fell | obl |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 banned | mark |
| 10 | DDT | DDT | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 banned | aux:pass |
| 12 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fell | advcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 protected | cc |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 protected | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 protected | aux:pass |
| 16 | protected | protect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 banned | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | they | to 400 pairs | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to pair=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ban | past · passive | DDT | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | protect | past · passive | pairs = pair | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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