Test 5 · Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lo…

«my uncle wants a parrot caught in the jungle, it's cheaper innit» What is best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, parrot · What happens: want, catch, be · To what, where: parrot, jungle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 303 «Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lorikeets and the cheeky kea» 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 wants	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 uncle	nmod:poss
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 best	csubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parrot	det
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	obj
7	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 parrot	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 jungle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jungle	det
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cheaper	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cheaper	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 cheaper	cop
14	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 innit	amod
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 wants	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 best	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 best	cop
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	my uncle	a parrot			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme innit=Attribute
2	catch in a quote	participle		a parrot not said here	the jungle		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	parrot			cheap property	tree rules
4	is	present				good 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Wild parrots love to be caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 parrots	amod
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 love	nsubj
3	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 caught	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 caught	aux:pass
6	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 love	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Wild parrots						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	catch not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	Wild parrots not said here						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

Wild-caught ones are better pets, because they are stronger and cleverer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 caught	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Wild	punct
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pets	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pets	cop
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 pets	amod
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stronger	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 stronger	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stronger	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 stronger	cop
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 pets	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cleverer	cc
14	cleverer	clever	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 stronger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	catch	participle				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	caught ones	better pets		tree rules
3	is	present	pets = pet		strong property	tree rules
4	be		pets = pet not said here			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Choose one bred by people; catching wild ones harms wild flocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Choose	obj
3	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 one	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bred	obl:agent
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 catching	punct
7	catching	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 harms	csubj
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ones	amod
9	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catching	obj
10	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Choose	parataxis
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 flocks	amod
12	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 harms	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	choose	imperative	you not said here	one	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	breed	participle			tree rules
3	catch	gerund		wild ones	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
4	harm	present	catching	wild flocks	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flock=Experiencer

Option 4

It does not matter where it comes from

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 comes	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	parataxis
8	from	from	ADP	_	7 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	come	present	it						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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