Test 5 · ★ · Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, bel…

«lol just found a smelly waxy lump on the beach, can i sell it» What should you know?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, you · What happens: find, sell, know · To what, where: smelly waxy lump, beach, lump · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct
2	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 found	discourse
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 found	advmod
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lump	det
6	smelly	smelly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lump	amod
7	waxy	waxy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lump	amod
8	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 beach	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 beach	det
11	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lump	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sell	punct
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 sell	aux
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 sell	nsubj
15	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 found	ccomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sell	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 sell	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 know	obj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 know	aux
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 know	nsubj
21	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 found	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	find in a quote	past		a smelly waxy lump	the beach	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent lump=Attribute clause=Theme
2	sell in a quote	can	i	lump		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	know	should	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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

It is a sperm whale's egg

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	7 egg	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 egg	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 whale	det
4	sperm	sperm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whale	compound
5	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 egg	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 whale	case
7	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sperm whale's egg					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a lump of whale poo with real gold hidden inside it

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	4 lump	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lump	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lump	det
4	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 poo	case
6	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poo	compound
7	poo	poo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lump	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 gold	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gold	amod
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lump	nmod
11	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 gold	acl
12	inside	inside	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a lump				of whale poo; with real gold	tree rules
2	hide	participle		real gold not said here		gold			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside it=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It might be ambergris; some countries ban selling it to protect whales

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	4 ambergris	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ambergris	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 ambergris	cop
4	ambergris	ambergris	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 ban	punct
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 countries	det
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ban	nsubj
8	ban	ban	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ambergris	acl:relcl
9	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 ban	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 selling	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 protect	mark
12	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 selling	advcl
13	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	might	It	ambergris		tree rules
2	ban	present	some countries	ambergris not said here		tree rules
3	sell	gerund	some countries not said here	ambergris		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	protect	to-infinitive	some countries not said here		whales	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Beneficiary

Option 4

It is always plastic, throw it back in the sea

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	4 plastic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plastic	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 plastic	advmod
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 throw	punct
6	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 plastic	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 throw	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	6 throw	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					always, plastic property	tree rules
2	throw back	infinitive		it		the sea			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sea=Destination

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