Test 11 · ★★ · Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read t…
«orcas are hunting sailors off spain, it's war» What is the best correction?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: orcas, it, war · What happens: hunt, be · To what, where: sailors, war, best correction · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 296 «Animals in the news: true stories, fakes and how to read them» 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 | _ | 4 hunting | punct |
| 2 | orcas | orca | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hunting | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hunting | aux |
| 4 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 war | csubj |
| 5 | sailors | sailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hunting | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 spain | case |
| 7 | spain | spain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hunting | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hunting | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 war | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 war | cop |
| 11 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 war | punct |
| 13 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 correction | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 correction | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 correction | det |
| 16 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 correction | amod |
| 17 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 war | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 war | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt in a quote | present · progressive | orcas | sailors | off spain | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | war | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | war | the best correction | 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
Yes, the orcas sink every boat they meet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 orcas | det |
| 4 | orcas | orca | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sink | nsubj |
| 5 | sink | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 meet | advcl |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 boat | det |
| 7 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sink | obj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 meet | nsubj |
| 9 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | present | the orcas | every boat | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boat=Patient | ||||
| 2 | meet | present | orcas = orca | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
No, it is only one dolphin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 dolphin | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dolphin | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dolphin | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 dolphin | advmod |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 dolphin | nummod |
| 7 | dolphin | dolphin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | one dolphin | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, orcas have eaten many sailors there, and the navy is fighting back
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 eaten | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | orcas | orca | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 eaten | aux |
| 5 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sailors | amod |
| 7 | sailors | sailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eaten | obj |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 eaten | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fighting | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fighting | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 navy | det |
| 12 | navy | navy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fighting | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fighting | aux |
| 14 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 eaten | advcl |
| 15 | back | back | ADV | _ | 14 fighting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present · perfect · passive | orcas | there | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight back | present · progressive | the navy | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No person has been hurt; scientists are not sure why the orcas push rudders
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 hurt | aux:pass |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 sure | punct |
| 7 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sure | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sure | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 sure | advmod |
| 10 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hurt | conj |
| 11 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 push | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 orcas | det |
| 13 | orcas | orca | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 push | nsubj |
| 14 | push | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sure | advcl |
| 15 | rudders | rudder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 push | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · perfect · passive | no person | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not is | present | scientists | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | push | present | the orcas | rudders | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rudder=Theme |
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