Test 8 · ★ · Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale, orca, bel…

«why do sperm whales have scars like circles all over» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sperm whales · What happens: have, be · To what, where: scars, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	6 have	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 have	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 whales	aux
4	sperm	sperm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whales	compound
5	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	scars	scar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 circles	case
9	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scars	nmod
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 over	advmod
11	over	over	ADV	_	17 answer	advmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 over	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 answer	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 answer	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 answer	det
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 answer	amod
17	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	sperm whales	scars				like circles	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scar=Patient
2	be speech: assert	present		the best answer				over 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are marks from the suckers of squid they hunt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 marks	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 marks	cop
3	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 suckers	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 suckers	det
6	suckers	sucker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 marks	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 squid	case
8	squid	squid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suckers	nmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hunt	nsubj
10	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 squid	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	marks		the suckers of squid			tree rules
2	hunt	present	suckers = sucker	squid not said here					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squid=Theme

Option 2

They are from whale lice nibbling at their skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lice	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lice	cop
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 lice	case
4	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lice	compound
5	lice	louse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	nibbling	nibble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 lice	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 skin	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 skin	nmod:poss
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nibbling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They			whale lice			tree rules
2	nibble	gerund	whale lice not said here					at lice's skin	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at skin=Patient

Option 3

They are bite marks from sharks only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marks	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 marks	cop
3	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marks	compound
4	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 sharks	case
6	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 marks	nmod
7	only	only	ADV	_	4 marks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	bite marks		sharks			tree rules

Option 4

They are sunburn spots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spots	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spots	cop
3	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spots	compound
4	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	sunburn spots					tree rules

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