Test 5 · Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs…
In a cartoon, a frog sips water from a glass through a straw. What is true for most real frogs?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: frog · What happens: sip, be · To what, where: water, cartoon
This is test 5 of lesson 308 «Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs and the goliath frog» 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 a cartoon, a frog sips water from a glass through a straw.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sips | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 frog | det |
| 6 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sips | nsubj |
| 7 | sips | sip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sips | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 glass | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 glass | det |
| 11 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sips | obl |
| 12 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 straw | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 straw | det |
| 14 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sips | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sips | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sip | present | a frog | water | a cartoon | from a glass; through a straw | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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 true for most real frogs?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 frogs | case |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 frogs | amod |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 frogs | amod |
| 7 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for most real frogs; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They drink a whole glass every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 drink | nsubj |
| 2 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 glass | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 glass | amod |
| 5 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drink | obj |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drink | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | They | a whole glass | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient |
Option 2
They drink only with a straw-like tongue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 drink | nsubj |
| 2 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 drink | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 tongue | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tongue | det |
| 6 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 like | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 straw | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tongue | amod |
| 9 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drink | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | They | with a like tongue | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They never take in any water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 take | advmod |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | present | They | any water | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They soak water in through their skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 soak | nsubj |
| 2 | soak | soak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soak | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 soak | compound:prt |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 skin | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 skin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soak | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak in | present | They | water | their skin | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source |
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