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Test 6 · Turtles and tortoises

In a video game your turtle hero swims in a cold sea and keeps its body warm by itself like a dog. Which real turtle comes closest to that?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: turtle hero, real turtle · What happens: swim, keep, come · To what, where: video game, body

This is test 6 of lesson 31 «Turtles and tortoises» 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 video game your turtle hero swims in a cold sea and keeps its body warm by itself like a dog.

casedetcompoundoblnmod:posscompoundnsubjcasedetamodoblccconjnmod:possobjxcompcaseoblcasedetoblpunctrootInADPaDETvideoNOUNgameNOUNyourPRONturtleNOUNheroNOUNswimsVERBinADPaDETcoldADJseaNOUNandCCONJkeepsVERBitsPRONbodyNOUNwarmADJbyADPitselfPRONlikeADPaDETdogNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_4 gamecase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 gamedet
3videovideoNOUNNumber=Sing4 gamecompound
4gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing8 swimsobl
5youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 heronmod:poss
6turtleturtleNOUNNumber=Sing7 herocompound
7heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing8 swimsnsubj
8swimsswimVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9ininADP_12 seacase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 seadet
11coldcoldADJDegree=Pos12 seaamod
12seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing8 swimsobl
13andandCCONJ_14 keepscc
14keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 swimsconj
15itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 bodynmod:poss
16bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing14 keepsobj
17warmwarmADJDegree=Pos14 keepsxcomp
18bybyADP_19 itselfcase
19itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes14 keepsobl
20likelikeADP_22 dogcase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 dogdet
22dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing14 keepsobl
23..PUNCT_8 swimspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1swimpresentyour turtle heroa video gamein a cold seavn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in game=Trajectory
2keeppresentyour turtle hero not said herehero's bodyby hero; like a dog; warm propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent body=Theme by itself=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: Which real turtle comes closest to that?

objamodnsubjparataxiscaseoblpunctrootWhichPRONrealADJturtleNOUNcomesVERBclosestADJtoADPthatPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel4 comesobj
2realrealADJDegree=Pos3 turtleamod
3turtleturtleNOUNNumber=Sing4 comesnsubj
4comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5closestcloseADJDegree=Sup4 comesparataxis
6totoADP_7 thatcase
7thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem5 closestobl
8??PUNCT_4 comespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentreal turtlevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The leatherback, whose huge body stays warm in cold seas

detnsubjpunctnmod:possamodnsubjxcompcaseamodoblrootTheDETleatherbackNOUN,PUNCTwhosePRONhugeADJbodyNOUNstaysVERBwarmADJinADPcoldADJseasNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 leatherbackdet
2leatherbackleatherbackNOUNNumber=Sing7 staysnsubj
3,,PUNCT_7 stayspunct
4whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel6 bodynmod:poss
5hugehugeADJDegree=Pos6 bodyamod
6bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing7 staysnsubj
7staysstayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8warmwarmADJDegree=Pos7 staysxcomp
9ininADP_11 seascase
10coldcoldADJDegree=Pos11 seasamod
11seasseaNOUNNumber=Plur7 staysobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staypresentthe leatherbackcold seaswarm propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location

Option 2

No turtle can be in cold water

detnsubjauxcopcaseamodrootNoDETturtleNOUNcanAUXbeAUXinADPcoldADJwaterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoDETPronType=Neg2 turtledet
2turtleturtleNOUNNumber=Sing7 waternsubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 wateraux
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 watercop
5ininADP_7 watercase
6coldcoldADJDegree=Pos7 wateramod
7waterwaterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1iscanno turtlecold watertree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The box turtle in a garden

detcompoundcasedetnmodrootTheDETboxNOUNturtleNOUNinADPaDETgardenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 turtledet
2boxboxNOUNNumber=Sing3 turtlecompound
3turtleturtleNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4ininADP_6 gardencase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 gardendet
6gardengardenNOUNNumber=Sing3 turtlenmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The painted turtle under ice

detamodcasenmodrootTheDETpaintedVERBturtleNOUNunderADPiceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 turtledet
2paintedpaintVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 turtleamod
3turtleturtleNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4underunderADP_5 icecase
5iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing3 turtlenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paintparticiplevn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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