Test 10 · ★ · Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growi…
A squirrel's tooth is cut in half and you look at it from the side. What would you see?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: cut, look, see · To what, where: tooth, half
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 316 «Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growing teeth» 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: A squirrel's tooth is cut in half and you look at it from the side.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 squirrel | det |
| 2 | squirrel | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tooth | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 squirrel | case |
| 4 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cut | aux:pass |
| 6 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 half | case |
| 8 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 6 cut | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 look | cc |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 look | nsubj |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cut | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 look | obl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 side | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 side | det |
| 16 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 look | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | present · passive | a squirrel's tooth | half | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | look | present | you | from the side; at tooth | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
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 you see?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 see | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | would | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
Wood inside, like a pencil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 1 Wood | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pencil | punct |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 pencil | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pencil | det |
| 6 | pencil | pencil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wood | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Hard enamel at the front and softer stuff at the back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 enamel | amod |
| 2 | enamel | enamel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 front | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 front | det |
| 5 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enamel | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stuff | cc |
| 7 | softer | soft | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 stuff | amod |
| 8 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 front | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 back | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 back | det |
| 11 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stuff | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A hollow tube full of air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tube | det |
| 2 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tube | amod |
| 3 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tube | amod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 air | case |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The same soft stuff all the way through, with no hard layer anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stuff | det |
| 2 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stuff | amod |
| 3 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stuff | amod |
| 4 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 way | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuff | appos |
| 8 | through | through | ADV | _ | 7 way | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 layer | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 layer | case |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 layer | det |
| 12 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 layer | amod |
| 13 | layer | layer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuff | appos |
| 14 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 13 layer | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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