Test 10 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…

«falcons live on cliffs, why's one on the hospital roof» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: falcons, hospital roof · What happens: live, be · To what, where: cliffs, one, hospital roof

This is test 10 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	_	3 live	punct
2	falcons	falcon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 cliffs	case
5	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 one	advmod
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 one	cop
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 cliffs	appos
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 roof	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roof	det
12	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roof	compound
13	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 roof	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 roof	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	live in a quote	present	falcons		cliffs		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cliff=Location
2	is a in a quote	present		one	the hospital roof		tree rules
3	is	present	the hospital roof			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

It is a robot falcon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 falcon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 falcon	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 falcon	det
4	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 falcon	compound
5	falcon	falcon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a robot falcon					tree rules

Option 2

It is lost and needs rescuing by the fire brigade before it falls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 needs	cc
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	conj
6	rescuing	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 needs	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 brigade	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 brigade	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 brigade	compound
10	brigade	brigade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rescuing	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 falls	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 falls	nsubj
13	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rescuing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		It		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	need	present				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	rescue not said to happen	gerund			by the fire brigade	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	fall	present	brigade			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tall buildings are like cliffs, and city pigeons are its food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 buildings	amod
2	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cliffs	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cliffs	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 cliffs	case
5	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 food	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 food	cc
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pigeons	compound
9	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 food	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 food	cop
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 food	nmod:poss
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cliffs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tall buildings					like cliffs and its food	tree rules
2	is a	present	city pigeons	its food					tree rules

Option 4

Falcons only live in hospitals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Falcons	falcon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 hospitals	case
5	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Falcons			hospitals			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hospital=Location

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