Test 1 · ★ · Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, bel…
Count them: a sperm whale has 50 teeth in its lower jaw. How many in its upper jaw?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sperm whale · What happens: count, have · To what, where: them, 50 teeth, lower jaw
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 313 «Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, beluga and beaked whales» 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: Count them: a sperm whale has 50 teeth in its lower jaw.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 whale | det |
| 5 | sperm | sperm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 whale | compound |
| 6 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 8 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 teeth | nummod |
| 9 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 has | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 jaw | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 jaw | nmod:poss |
| 12 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 jaw | amod |
| 13 | jaw | jaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | a sperm whale | 50 teeth | whale's lower jaw | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=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: How many in its upper jaw?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 jaw | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 jaw | nmod:poss |
| 5 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 jaw | amod |
| 6 | jaw | jaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 many | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 many | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
25, half as many as below
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 many | punct |
| 3 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 5 many | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 many | advmod |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 25 | amod |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 below | case |
| 7 | below | below | ADV | _ | 5 many | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
100, twice as many, in two rows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 many | nummod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 many | punct |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 many | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 many | advmod |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rows | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rows | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 rows | case |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 rows | nummod |
| 9 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
50, the same as below
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 same | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 same | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 same | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 below | case |
| 6 | below | below | ADV | _ | 4 same | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
None; the upper jaw only has sockets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 7 has | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 jaw | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 jaw | det |
| 4 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 jaw | amod |
| 5 | jaw | jaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 None | conj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 has | advmod |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | sockets | socket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | None | sockets | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent socket=Patient |
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