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Test 3 · Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, gr…

In Pinocchio a huge whale swallows a man and his boat whole. What would a real blue whale do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: huge whale, real blue whale · What happens: swallow, do · To what, where: man, Pinocchio

This is test 3 of lesson 312 «Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, grey, right and minke» 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 Pinocchio a huge whale swallows a man and his boat whole.

caseobldetamodnsubjdetobjccnmod:possconjxcomppunctrootInADPPinocchioPROPNaDEThugeADJwhaleNOUNswallowsVERBaDETmanNOUNandCCONJhisPRONboatNOUNwholeADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_2 Pinocchiocase
2PinocchioPinocchioPROPNNumber=Sing6 swallowsobl
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 whaledet
4hugehugeADJDegree=Pos5 whaleamod
5whalewhaleNOUNNumber=Sing6 swallowsnsubj
6swallowsswallowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 mandet
8manmanNOUNNumber=Sing6 swallowsobj
9andandCCONJ_11 boatcc
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 boatnmod:poss
11boatboatNOUNNumber=Sing8 manconj
12wholewholeADJDegree=Pos6 swallowsxcomp
13..PUNCT_6 swallowspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1swallowpresenta huge whalea man and whale's boatPinocchiowhole propertyvn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=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 would a real blue whale do?

objauxdetamodamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXaDETrealADJblueADJwhaleNOUNdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int7 doobj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 doaux
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 whaledet
4realrealADJDegree=Pos6 whaleamod
5blueblueADJDegree=Pos6 whaleamod
6whalewhaleNOUNNumber=Sing7 donsubj
7dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
8??PUNCT_7 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dowoulda real blue whalevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

It would chew the boat into pieces with its huge teeth

nsubjauxdetobjcaseoblcasenmod:possamodoblrootItPRONwouldAUXchewVERBtheDETboatNOUNintoADPpiecesNOUNwithADPitsPRONhugeADJteethNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 chewnsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 chewaux
3chewchewVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 boatdet
5boatboatNOUNNumber=Sing3 chewobj
6intointoADP_7 piecescase
7piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur3 chewobl
8withwithADP_11 teethcase
9itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 teethnmod:poss
10hugehugeADJDegree=Pos11 teethamod
11teethtoothNOUNNumber=Plur3 chewobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chewwouldItthe boatpieceswith boat's huge teethvn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It could not; it feeds on krill and its throat is far too narrow

The tree, 14 words
nsubjauxadvmodpunctnsubjcaseoblccnmod:possnsubjcopadvmodadvmodconjrootItPRONcouldAUXnotPART;PUNCTitPRONfeedsVERBonADPkrillNOUNandCCONJitsPRONthroatNOUNisAUXfarADVtooADVnarrowADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 couldnsubj
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 feedsaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 couldadvmod
4;;PUNCT_6 feedspunct
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 feedsnsubj
6feedsfeedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7ononADP_8 krillcase
8krillkrillNOUNNumber=Sing6 feedsobl
9andandCCONJ_15 narrowcc
10itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 throatnmod:poss
11throatthroatNOUNNumber=Sing15 narrownsubj
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 narrowcop
13farfarADVDegree=Pos15 narrowadvmod
14tootooADV_15 narrowadvmod
15narrownarrowADJDegree=Pos6 feedsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feedcoulditon krillvn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on krill=Patient
2ispresentkrill's throatfar, narrow propertytree rules

Option 3

It would swallow boats every day

nsubjauxobjdetobl:unmarkedrootItPRONwouldAUXswallowVERBboatsNOUNeveryDETdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 swallownsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 swallowaux
3swallowswallowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4boatsboatNOUNNumber=Plur3 swallowobj
5everyeveryDETPronType=Tot6 daydet
6daydayNOUNNumber=Sing3 swallowobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1swallowwouldItboatsdayvn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient

Option 4

It would keep the man as a pet inside

nsubjauxdetobjcasedetobladvmodrootItPRONwouldAUXkeepVERBtheDETmanNOUNasADPaDETpetNOUNinsideADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 keepnsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 keepaux
3keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 mandet
5manmanNOUNNumber=Sing3 keepobj
6asasADP_8 petcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 petdet
8petpetNOUNNumber=Sing3 keepobl
9insideinsideADV_3 keepadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keepwouldItthe manas a pet; inside propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme

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