Test 2 · ★★ · The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and froz…
«they brought back the dire wolf!!! it's real!!» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, wolf, best answer · What happens: bring back, be · To what, where: dire wolf
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 297 «The future of life: de-extinction, climate, coral and frozen zoos» 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: «they brought back the dire wolf!!! it's real!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 brought | punct |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 brought | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wolf | det |
| 6 | dire | dire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 wolf | amod |
| 7 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obj |
| 8 | !!! | !!! | PUNCT | _ | 11 real | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 real | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 real | cop |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brought | parataxis |
| 12 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 11 real | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back in a quote | past | they | the dire wolf | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | wolf | real 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.
Sentence 2: What is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, nothing was made at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | nothing | all | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 2
Yes, and it was dug up alive from the ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 dug | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dug | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 dug | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dug | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dug | aux:pass |
| 6 | dug | dig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 dug | compound:prt |
| 8 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dug | xcomp |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 ice | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ice | det |
| 11 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dug | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig up | past · passive | it | the ice | alive property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from ice=Material |
Option 3
Yes, the exact ice age animal is alive again, grown from a fossil tooth
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 alive | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 animal | det |
| 4 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 animal | amod |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 age | compound |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 animal | compound |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 alive | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 alive | cop |
| 9 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 alive | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 grown | punct |
| 12 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 alive | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 tooth | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 tooth | det |
| 15 | fossil | fossil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tooth | compound |
| 16 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the exact age animal | again | alive property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | grow | participle | the exact age animal not said here | from a fossil tooth | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from tooth=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They made grey wolves with a few changed genes; scientists argue if that counts
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wolves | amod |
| 4 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 genes | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 genes | det |
| 7 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 genes | amod |
| 8 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 genes | amod |
| 9 | genes | gene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obl |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 argue | punct |
| 11 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 argue | nsubj |
| 12 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 made | parataxis |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 counts | mark |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 counts | nsubj |
| 15 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 argue | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | They | grey wolves | with a few changed genes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wolf=Product | |||
| 2 | change | participle | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | argue speech: disagree | present | scientists | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | count a condition, not said to happen | present | that | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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