Test 4 · ★ · Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants…
«bro there's one ant boss at the front telling the rest where to go» Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: front, one ant boss · What happens: tell, go, be · To what, where: rest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 304 «Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-jaw ants» 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 | _ | 2 bro | punct |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 's | vocative |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 's | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 boss | nummod |
| 6 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 boss | compound |
| 7 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 right | nsubj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 front | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 front | det |
| 10 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 boss | nmod |
| 11 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 front | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 rest | det |
| 13 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 telling | obj |
| 14 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 go | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 go | mark |
| 16 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 rest | acl:relcl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 go | punct |
| 18 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 right | nsubj |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 20 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | gerund | the front not said here | the rest | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | to-infinitive | the front not said here | the rest not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | one ant boss at the front | right 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 · ✓ the right answer
No, each ant follows a scent trail, there is no leader in front
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 follows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 ant | det |
| 4 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 follows | nsubj |
| 5 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 trail | det |
| 7 | scent | scent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trail | compound |
| 8 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 follows | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 is | punct |
| 10 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 is | expl |
| 11 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 trail | acl:relcl |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 leader | det |
| 13 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 is | nsubj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 front | case |
| 15 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 is | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present | each ant | a scent trail | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | present | no leader | a scent trail not said here | there | in front | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot trail=Theme in front=Attribute |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, the queen always walks at the front and leads every line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 walks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walks | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 walks | advmod |
| 6 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 front | det |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walks | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 leads | cc |
| 11 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 walks | conj |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 line | det |
| 13 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leads | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | the queen | the front | always property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at front=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | lead | present | the queen not said here | every line | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme |
Option 3
No, the ants follow the sun only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 follow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 follow | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ants | det |
| 4 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 follow | nsubj |
| 5 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sun | det |
| 7 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 follow | obj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 follow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present | the ants | the sun | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, the biggest ant always leads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 leads | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ant | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 ant | amod |
| 5 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leads | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 leads | advmod |
| 7 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | present | the biggest ant | always property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
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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