Test 8 · Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African greys, lo…
«why's that green parrot in the snow, is it lost?» You are in the New Zealand mountains. What is it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, parrot · What happens: be, lose · To what, where: green parrot, snow, Zealand mountains
This is test 8 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
Sentence 1: «why's that green parrot in the snow, is it lost?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 parrot | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 parrot | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 parrot | cop |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 parrot | det |
| 5 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 parrot | amod |
| 6 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 snow | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 snow | det |
| 9 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 parrot | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 parrot | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lost | aux:pass |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lost | nsubj |
| 13 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 lost | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that green parrot | the snow | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose in a quote | present · passive | that green parrot | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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: You are in the New Zealand mountains.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 mountains | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mountains | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 mountains | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mountains | det |
| 5 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Zealand | flat |
| 6 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mountains | compound |
| 7 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 mountains | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | the Zealand mountains | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What is it?
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 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | parrot | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A lorikeet looking for nectar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lorikeet | det |
| 2 | lorikeet | lorikeet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 lorikeet | acl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 nectar | case |
| 5 | nectar | nectar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | a lorikeet not said here | for nectar | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for nectar=Theme |
Option 2
A lost pet that will freeze tonight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pet | det |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pet | amod |
| 3 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 freeze | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 freeze | aux |
| 6 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 pet | acl:relcl |
| 7 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 freeze | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | freeze | future | a lost pet | tonight | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Probably a kea, a parrot that lives among snowy mountains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 3 kea | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kea | det |
| 3 | kea | kea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 parrot | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 parrot | det |
| 6 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kea | appos |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lives | nsubj |
| 8 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 parrot | acl:relcl |
| 9 | among | among | ADP | _ | 11 mountains | case |
| 10 | snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mountains | amod |
| 11 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a parrot | snowy mountains | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among mountain=Location |
Option 4
A macaw on holiday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 macaw | det |
| 2 | macaw | macaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 holiday | case |
| 4 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 macaw | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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