Test 9 · Whales by kind, the baleen whales: blue, fin, humpback, gr…
«ugh whale with nits lol» What is true about right whales?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ugh whale · What happens: be
This is test 9 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 whale | punct |
| 2 | ugh | ugh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 whale | amod |
| 3 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 true | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 nits | case |
| 5 | nits | nit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 whale | nmod |
| 6 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 10 true | discourse |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 lol | punct |
| 8 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 true | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 true | cop |
| 10 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 whales | case |
| 12 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 whales | amod |
| 13 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 true | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | ugh whale with nits | about right whales; true property | tree rules |
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.
The options
Option 1
The white patches are paint from ships
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 patches | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 patches | amod |
| 3 | patches | patch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 paint | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 paint | cop |
| 5 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 ships | case |
| 7 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 paint | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the white patches | paint | ships | tree rules |
Option 2
Whales catch lice from people on boats who lean over the side to look at them
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 catch | nsubj |
| 2 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 catch | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 catch | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 boats | case |
| 7 | boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 people | nmod |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lean | nsubj |
| 9 | lean | lean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 boats | acl:relcl |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 side | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 side | det |
| 12 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lean | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 look | mark |
| 14 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 catch | advcl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | Whales | lice | from people on boats | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent louse=Theme from people=Source | |||
| 2 | lean | present | boats | the side | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over side=Location | ||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | Whales not said here | at Whales = whale | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Lice only live on sick whales about to die
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 whales | case |
| 5 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 whales | amod |
| 6 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| 7 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 9 die | mark |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 die | mark |
| 9 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 whales | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Lice | on sick whales | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on whale=Location | ||||
| 2 | die | to-infinitive | Lice not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Tiny whale lice live on its rough head patches, and the patterns help name each whale
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lice | amod |
| 2 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lice | compound |
| 3 | lice | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 patches | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 patches | nmod:poss |
| 7 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 patches | amod |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 patches | compound |
| 9 | patches | patch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 help | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 help | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 patterns | det |
| 13 | patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 help | nsubj |
| 14 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 live | conj |
| 15 | name | name | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 help | xcomp |
| 16 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 whale | det |
| 17 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 name | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Tiny whale lice | its rough head patches | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on patch=Location | ||||
| 2 | help | present | the patterns | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | name | infinitive | the patterns not said here | each whale | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme |
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