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Test 10 · ★★ · Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostr…

In a cartoon a chameleon sits on a chessboard and turns checked on a chessboard. What would a real chameleon do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: chameleon · What happens: sit, turn, check · To what, where: cartoon, chessboard

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 295 «Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostriches and goldfish» 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 a cartoon a chameleon sits on a chessboard and turns checked on a chessboard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sits	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 chameleon	det
5	chameleon	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sits	nsubj
6	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 chessboard	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chessboard	det
9	chessboard	chessboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sits	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 turns	cc
11	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sits	conj
12	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 turns	xcomp
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 chessboard	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 chessboard	det
15	chessboard	chessboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 checked	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	a chameleon			a cartoon		on a chessboard	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location
2	turn	present	a chameleon not said here						tree rules
3	check	participle	a chameleon not said here			a chessboard			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chessboard=Location

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: What would a real chameleon do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 What	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 do	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 do	amod
5	chameleon	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	compound
6	do	do	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Turn into perfect black and white squares to match the board exactly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	7 squares	case
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 squares	amod
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 squares	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 white	cc
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 black	conj
7	squares	square	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Turn	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 match	mark
9	match	match	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 board	det
11	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 match	obj
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	9 match	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here			perfect black squares			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into square=Trajectory
2	match	to-infinitive	you not said here	the board				exactly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Patient

Option 2

Turn the colour of the player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 colour	det
3	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 player	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 player	det
6	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	the colour of the player					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent colour=Theme

Option 3

Turn see-through like glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Turn	xcomp
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 through	punct
4	through	through	ADV	_	2 see	compound
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 glass	case
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	see	infinitive	you not said here					like glass	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Change colour mostly with its mood and warmth, not copy the squares

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colour	compound
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mood	nsubj
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	6 mood	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 mood	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mood	nmod:poss
6	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 warmth	cc
8	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mood	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 copy	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 copy	advmod
11	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 mood	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 squares	det
13	squares	square	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not copy	infinitive		the squares					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent square=Theme

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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