Test 6 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conser…
Count them: a wolf pack of 6 runs through Yellowstone. How many tails and how many ears?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wolf pack · What happens: count, run · To what, where: them, Yellowstone
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 300 «The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evolution, conservation and food» 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: Count them: a wolf pack of 6 runs through Yellowstone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 runs | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pack | det |
| 5 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pack | compound |
| 6 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 runs | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 6 | case |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 pack | nmod |
| 9 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 Yellowstone | case |
| 11 | Yellowstone | Yellowstone | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 runs | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run | present | a wolf pack of 6 | Yellowstone | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through yellowstone=Trajectory |
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 many tails and how many ears?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tails | amod |
| 3 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ears | cc |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 many | advmod |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ears | amod |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tails | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 tails | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
6 tails and 12 ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 tails | nummod |
| 2 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 ears | cc |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 ears | nummod |
| 5 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tails | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
6 tails and 6 ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 tails | nummod |
| 2 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 ears | cc |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 ears | nummod |
| 5 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tails | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
6 tails and 24 ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 tails | nummod |
| 2 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 ears | cc |
| 4 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 ears | nummod |
| 5 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tails | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
12 tails and 12 ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 tails | nummod |
| 2 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 ears | cc |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 ears | nummod |
| 5 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tails | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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