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Test 4 · Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and bur…

In the Harry Potter films a snowy owl carries letters. «can i get one as a pet??» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: snowy owl, i, best answer · What happens: carry, get, be · To what, where: letters, Harry films, one

This is test 4 of lesson 301 «Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf owls and burrowing owls» 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 the Harry Potter films a snowy owl carries letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 films	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 films	det
3	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 films	compound
4	Potter	Potter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Harry	flat
5	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 carries	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 owl	det
7	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 owl	amod
8	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carries	nsubj
9	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 carries	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 carries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	a snowy owl	letters		the Harry films			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent letter=Value in film=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: «can i get one as a pet??»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 get	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 pet	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pet	det
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
9	??	??	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	can	i	one				as a pet	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus as pet=Attribute

Sentence 3: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they really carry letters if they are trained from an egg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 carry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carry	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 carry	advmod
5	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obj
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 trained	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 trained	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trained	aux:pass
10	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 carry	advcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 egg	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 egg	det
13	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	they	letters					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	train a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		letters = letter		a egg			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Yes, they eat ordinary bird seed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 eat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eat	nsubj
4	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seed	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seed	compound
7	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	they	ordinary bird seed					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, snowy owls are wild Arctic birds needing huge spaces and whole prey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 snowy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 owls	amod
4	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 birds	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 birds	cop
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 birds	amod
7	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 birds	amod
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	needing	need	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 birds	acl
10	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 spaces	amod
11	spaces	space	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 needing	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 prey	cc
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 prey	amod
14	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 birds	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	snowy owls	wild Arctic birds and whole prey					tree rules
2	need	gerund	wild Arctic birds and whole prey not said here	huge spaces					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot space=Theme

Option 4

Yes, they love living in a small cage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 love	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 love	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 love	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 cage	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cage	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cage	amod
9	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	they						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	live not said to happen	gerund	they not said here			a small cage			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location

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