Test 9 · ★★ · Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed anim…
«aurochs, never heard of it, made up» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: not hear, make up, be · To what, where: aurochs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 293 «Horses, cattle, camels and chickens: how people tamed animals» 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 aurochs | punct |
| 2 | aurochs | auroch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 heard | punct |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 heard | advmod |
| 5 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 aurochs | acl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 heard | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 made | compound:prt |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| 12 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 right | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 right | cop |
| 14 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 made | parataxis |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear in a quote | participle | aurochs not said here | of it | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | make up in a quote | participle · passive | aurochs | tree rules | |||||
| 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It was a real wild ox, drawn in cave paintings, the ancestor of all cattle
The tree, 15 words
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 | 6 ox | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ox | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ox | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ox | amod |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ox | amod |
| 6 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 drawn | punct |
| 8 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 ox | acl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 paintings | case |
| 10 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 paintings | compound |
| 11 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 drawn | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ancestor | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ancestor | det |
| 14 | ancestor | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ox | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 cattle | case |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 cattle | det |
| 17 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ancestor | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a real wild ox and the ancestor of all cattle | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | draw | participle | a real wild ox and the ancestor of all cattle not said here | cave paintings | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in painting=Destination |
Option 2
It is a cartoon dragon that breathes fire in old films
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 dragon | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dragon | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dragon | compound |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 breathes | nsubj |
| 7 | breathes | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dragon | acl:relcl |
| 8 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 breathes | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 films | case |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 films | amod |
| 11 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 breathes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a cartoon dragon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | breathe | present | a cartoon dragon | fire | old films | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |
Option 3
It is an alien from a video game, not a real animal at all
The tree, 14 words
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 | 4 alien | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 alien | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 alien | det |
| 4 | alien | alien | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 game | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 7 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 game | compound |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alien | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 animal | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 animal | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 animal | det |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 animal | amod |
| 13 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alien | appos |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 animal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a alien | a video game | tree rules |
Option 4
It is a dinosaur
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 | 4 dinosaur | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dinosaur | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dinosaur | det |
| 4 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a dinosaur | tree rules |
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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