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Test 6 · Comeback stories: bald eagles, humpback whales, condors an…

In the film Up, a funny bird is chased by a dog. A real kakapo can't fly away either. How was it saved?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, real kakapo · What happens: chase, not fly away, save · To what, where: funny bird, film, kakapo

This is test 6 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

Sentence 1: In the film Up, a funny bird is chased by a dog.

casedetoblcompound:prtpunctdetamodnsubj:passaux:passcasedetoblpunctrootInADPtheDETfilmNOUNUpADP,PUNCTaDETfunnyADJbirdNOUNisAUXchasedVERBbyADPaDETdogNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 filmcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 filmdet
3filmfilmNOUNNumber=Sing10 chasedobl
4UpupADP_3 filmcompound:prt
5,,PUNCT_3 filmpunct
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 birddet
7funnyfunnyADJDegree=Pos8 birdamod
8birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing10 chasednsubj:pass
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 chasedaux:pass
10chasedchaseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
11bybyADP_13 dogcase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 dogdet
13dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing10 chasedobl
14..PUNCT_10 chasedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chasepresent · passivea doga funny birdthe filmvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in film=Trajectory

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: A real kakapo can't fly away either.

detamodnsubjauxadvmodadvmodadvmodpunctrootADETrealADJkakapoNOUNcaAUXn'tPARTflyVERBawayADVeitherADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 kakapodet
2realrealADJDegree=Pos3 kakapoamod
3kakapokakapoNOUNNumber=Sing6 flynsubj
4cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin6 flyaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 flyadvmod
6flyflyVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7awayawayADV_6 flyadvmod
8eithereitherADVPronType=Ind6 flyadvmod
9..PUNCT_6 flypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not fly awaycana real kakapoaway, either propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: How was it saved?

advmodaux:passnsubj:passpunctrootHowADVwasAUXitPRONsavedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int4 savedadvmod
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 savedaux:pass
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 savednsubj:pass
4savedsaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 savedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1savepast · passivekakapovn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

The options

Option 1

It was given wings by scientists

nsubj:passaux:passiobjcaseoblrootItPRONwasAUXgivenVERBwingsNOUNbyADPscientistsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 givennsubj:pass
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 givenaux:pass
3givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4wingswingNOUNNumber=Plur3 giveniobj
5bybyADP_6 scientistscase
6scientistsscientistNOUNNumber=Plur3 givenobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepast · passivescientistsItwingsvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient wing=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was moved to islands with no predators and every bird is watched

nsubj:passaux:passcaseoblcasedetnmodccdetnsubj:passaux:passconjrootItPRONwasAUXmovedVERBtoADPislandsNOUNwithADPnoDETpredatorsNOUNandCCONJeveryDETbirdNOUNisAUXwatchedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 movednsubj:pass
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 movedaux:pass
3movedmoveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4totoADP_5 islandscase
5islandsislandNOUNNumber=Plur3 movedobl
6withwithADP_8 predatorscase
7nonoDETPronType=Neg8 predatorsdet
8predatorspredatorNOUNNumber=Plur5 islandsnmod
9andandCCONJ_13 watchedcc
10everyeveryDETPronType=Tot11 birddet
11birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing13 watchednsubj:pass
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 watchedaux:pass
13watchedwatchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 movedconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1movepast · passiveItislands with no predatorsvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to island=Trajectory
2watchpresent · passiveevery birdvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It hides in people's houses

nsubjcasenmod:posscaseoblrootItPRONhidesVERBinADPpeopleNOUN'sPARThousesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hidesnsubj
2hideshideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_6 housescase
4peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur6 housesnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 peoplecase
6houseshouseNOUNNumber=Plur2 hidesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hidepresentItpeople's housesvn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It learnt to fly from other parrots that were kept in the same big cage for years

The tree, 17 words
nsubjmarkxcompcaseamodoblnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcasedetamodamodoblcaseoblrootItPRONlearntVERBtoPARTflyVERBfromADPotherADJparrotsNOUNthatPRONwereAUXkeptVERBinADPtheDETsameADJbigADJcageNOUNforADPyearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 learntnsubj
2learntlearnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 flymark
4flyflyVERBVerbForm=Inf2 learntxcomp
5fromfromADP_7 parrotscase
6otherotherADJDegree=Pos7 parrotsamod
7parrotsparrotNOUNNumber=Plur4 flyobl
8thatthatPRONPronType=Rel10 keptnsubj:pass
9werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 keptaux:pass
10keptkeepVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 parrotsacl:relcl
11ininADP_15 cagecase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 cagedet
13samesameADJDegree=Pos15 cageamod
14bigbigADJDegree=Pos15 cageamod
15cagecageNOUNNumber=Sing10 keptobl
16forforADP_17 yearscase
17yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur10 keptobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1learnpastItvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2flyto-infinitivefrom other parrotsvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from parrot=Trajectory
3keeppast · passiveother parrotsthe same big cageyearvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cage=Location

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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