Test 8 · Frogs of the world: tree frogs, glass frogs, flying frogs…
You look under a leaf over a stream in Costa Rica and see a little frog sitting by some eggs. Who is it likely to be?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, little frog · What happens: look, see, sit, be · To what, where: little frog
This is test 8 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: You look under a leaf over a stream in Costa Rica and see a little frog sitting by some eggs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 look | nsubj |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 leaf | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 leaf | det |
| 5 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 look | obl |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 stream | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 stream | det |
| 8 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 look | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Costa | case |
| 10 | Costa | Costa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 stream | nmod |
| 11 | Rica | Rica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Costa | flat |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 see | cc |
| 13 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 look | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 frog | det |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 frog | amod |
| 16 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 see | obj |
| 17 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 frog | acl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 eggs | case |
| 19 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 eggs | det |
| 20 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 sitting | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | You | over a stream in Costa; under a leaf | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent under leaf=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | present | You not said here | a little frog | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer frog=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | sit | gerund | a little frog not said here | by some eggs | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by egg=Location |
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: Who is it likely to be?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 be | mark |
| 6 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 likely | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A glass frog father guarding his eggs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 father | det |
| 2 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 father | compound |
| 3 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 father | compound |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | guarding | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 father | acl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 eggs | nmod:poss |
| 7 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 guarding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | gerund | a glass frog father not said here | his eggs | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Beneficiary |
Option 2
A lost tadpole that has just grown legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tadpole | det |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tadpole | amod |
| 3 | tadpole | tadpole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 legs | compound |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 grown | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grown | aux |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 grown | advmod |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 tadpole | acl:relcl |
| 8 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | 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 | grow | present · perfect | a lost tadpole | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
A mother frog laying her very first egg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 frog | det |
| 2 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 frog | compound |
| 3 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | laying | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 frog | acl |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 egg | nmod:poss |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 first | advmod |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 egg | amod |
| 8 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | gerund | a mother frog not said here | frog's first egg | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result |
Option 4
A hungry frog eating the eggs one by one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 frog | det |
| 2 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 frog | amod |
| 3 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 frog | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eggs | det |
| 6 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eating | obj |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 eating | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | a hungry frog not said here | the eggs | tree rules |
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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