Test 6 · Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs…
In cartoons a frog sits on a lily pad in any dirty pond and smiles. What would really happen in polluted water?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: frog · What happens: sit, smile, happen, pollute · To what, where: cartoons, polluted water
This is test 6 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 cartoons a frog sits on a lily pad in any dirty pond and smiles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 cartoons | case |
| 2 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sits | obl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 frog | det |
| 4 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sits | nsubj |
| 5 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 pad | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pad | det |
| 8 | lily | lily | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pad | compound |
| 9 | pad | pad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sits | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 pond | case |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 pond | det |
| 12 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pond | amod |
| 13 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sits | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 smiles | cc |
| 15 | smiles | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sits | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | a frog | cartoons | on a lily pad; in any dirty pond | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location | |||
| 2 | smile | present | a frog not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 would really happen in polluted water?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | polluted | pollute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happen | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | polluted water | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in water=Location | |||||
| 2 | pollute | participle | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The frog would turn into a fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 frog | det |
| 2 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 fish | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fish | det |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | the frog | into a fish result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result |
Option 2
Nothing, because frogs only take in water through their mouths and spit dirt out
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 take | mark |
| 4 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 take | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 take | advmod |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 water | compound:prt |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| 9 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 mouths | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mouths | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mouths | mouth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 take | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 spit | cc |
| 13 | spit | spit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 take | conj |
| 14 | dirt | dirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 spit | obj |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 spit | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in | present | frogs | in water | frogs's mouths | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | |||
| 2 | spit out | present | frogs not said here | dirt | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme |
Option 3
The frog would get bigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 frog | det |
| 2 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | the frog | big property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The frog could be hurt quickly, because water soaks in through its skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 frog | det |
| 2 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hurt | aux:pass |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 hurt | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 soaks | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 soaks | mark |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 soaks | nsubj |
| 10 | soaks | soak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 soaks | compound:prt |
| 12 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 skin | case |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 skin | nmod:poss |
| 14 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 soaks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | could · passive | the frog | quickly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | soak in | present | water | water's skin | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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