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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Pinocchio | case |
| 2 | Pinocchio | Pinocchio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 swallows | obl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 whale | det |
| 4 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 whale | amod |
| 5 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swallows | nsubj |
| 6 | swallows | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swallows | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 boat | cc |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 boat | nmod:poss |
| 11 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 man | conj |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 swallows | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 swallows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | present | a huge whale | a man and whale's boat | Pinocchio | whole property | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 whale | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 whale | amod |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 whale | amod |
| 6 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a real blue whale | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 chew | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 chew | aux |
| 3 | chew | chew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boat | det |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chew | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 pieces | case |
| 7 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chew | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 teeth | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 10 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 teeth | amod |
| 11 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chew | would | It | the boat | pieces | with boat's huge teeth | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 could | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 feeds | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 could | advmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 feeds | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 feeds | nsubj |
| 6 | feeds | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 krill | case |
| 8 | krill | krill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feeds | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 narrow | cc |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 throat | nmod:poss |
| 11 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 narrow | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 narrow | cop |
| 13 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 narrow | advmod |
| 14 | too | too | ADV | _ | 15 narrow | advmod |
| 15 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feeds | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | could | it | on krill | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on krill=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | krill's throat | far, narrow property | tree rules |
Option 3
It would swallow boats every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 swallow | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 swallow | aux |
| 3 | swallow | swallow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 swallow | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swallow | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | would | It | boats | day | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |
Option 4
It would keep the man as a pet inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 pet | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pet | det |
| 8 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obl |
| 9 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 3 keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | would | It | the man | as a pet; inside property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
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