Test 4 · ★★ · Animal myths put right: elephants and mice, lemmings, ostr…

In Finding Nemo the fish Dory forgets everything in seconds, and someone says goldfish are just like that. How could you test a goldfish's memory fairly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish, someone, goldfish, you · What happens: forget, say, be, test · To what, where: everything, Finding, memory · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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 Finding Nemo the fish Dory forgets everything in seconds, and someone says goldfish are just like that.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Finding	case
2	Finding	Finding	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 forgets	obl
3	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Finding	flat
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forgets	nsubj
6	Dory	Dory	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fish	appos
7	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 forgets	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 seconds	case
10	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 forgets	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 says	cc
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 forgets	conj
15	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 that	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 that	cop
17	just	just	ADV	_	19 that	advmod
18	like	like	ADP	_	19 that	case
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 says	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 forgets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	the fish	everything	Finding	second		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	someone					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	goldfish				like that	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.

Sentence 2: How could you test a goldfish's memory fairly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 test	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 test	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 test	nsubj
4	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 goldfish	det
6	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 memory	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 goldfish	case
8	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	obj
9	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 test	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	could	you	a goldfish's memory				fairly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Show it a picture of a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Show	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 picture	det
4	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Show	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	imperative	you not said here	it					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient picture=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Feed it in one corner after a signal for days, then give only the signal

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 corner	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 corner	nummod
5	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 signal	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 signal	det
8	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 days	case
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Feed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 give	advmod
13	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Feed	conj
14	only	only	ADV	_	16 signal	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 signal	det
16	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	it		one corner	after a signal; day		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in corner=Location
2	give	infinitive	you not said here	the signal			then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme

Option 3

Ask the goldfish a question out loud and wait to see if it swims to the answer

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goldfish	det
3	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
6	out	out	ADV	_	7 loud	advmod
7	loud	loud	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wait	cc
9	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wait	advcl
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 swims	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 swims	nsubj
14	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wait	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 answer	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 answer	det
17	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 swims	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	a question	the goldfish		loud property	tree rules
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	to-infinitive	you not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	swim a condition, not said to happen	present	question			the answer		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to answer=Destination

Option 4

Put it in a smaller bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 bowl	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bowl	det
5	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 bowl	amod
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it		a smaller bowl			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bowl=Destination

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