Test 6 · ★ · How owls work: silent wings, turning heads, pellets and ow…
«gross, we're poking owl poo in science??» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, best answer · What happens: poke, be · To what, where: gross
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 302 «How owls work: silent wings, turning heads, pellets and owl myths» 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: «gross, we're poking owl poo in science??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 gross | punct |
| 2 | gross | gross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 poking | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 gross | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 poking | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 poking | aux |
| 6 | poking | poke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 poo | compound |
| 8 | poo | poo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 poking | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 science | case |
| 10 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 poo | nmod |
| 11 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 6 poking | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 poking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poke in a quote | present · progressive | we | gross | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent poo=Theme |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a pellet is coughed-up fur and bones, not poo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 coughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pellet | det |
| 4 | pellet | pellet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coughed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 coughed | aux:pass |
| 6 | coughed | cough | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 fur | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 up | punct |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 coughed | compound:prt |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bones | cc |
| 11 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fur | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 poo | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 poo | advmod |
| 14 | poo | poo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fur | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cough up | present · passive | a pellet | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
No, pellets are made in factories for schools
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 | pellets | pellet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 factories | case |
| 7 | factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 schools | case |
| 9 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | pellets | factories | for schools | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for school=Asset |
Option 3
Yes, it is owl poo dried in a bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 poo | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 poo | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 poo | cop |
| 5 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 poo | compound |
| 6 | poo | poo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | dried | dry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 poo | acl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 bag | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bag | det |
| 10 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | owl poo | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dry | participle | owl poo not said here | a bag | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, owls make little balls of poo to feed their chicks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | owls | owl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 balls | amod |
| 6 | balls | ball | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 poo | case |
| 8 | poo | poo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 balls | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 feed | mark |
| 10 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 make | advcl |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 chicks | nmod:poss |
| 12 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 feed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | owls | little balls of poo | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ball=Product | ||||
| 2 | feed | to-infinitive | owls not said here | owls's chicks | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Recipient |
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