Test 4 · ★ · Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growi…
In Tom and Jerry, Jerry loves big holey cheese above everything. What is closer to the truth for real mice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jerry · What happens: love, be · To what, where: big holey cheese, Tom
This is test 4 · ★ 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: In Tom and Jerry, Jerry loves big holey cheese above everything.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Tom | case |
| 2 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 loves | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jerry | cc |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tom | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Tom | punct |
| 6 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 loves | nsubj |
| 7 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cheese | amod |
| 9 | holey | holey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cheese | amod |
| 10 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loves | obj |
| 11 | above | above | ADP | _ | 12 everything | case |
| 12 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 cheese | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 loves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Jerry | big holey cheese | Tom and Jerry | above everything | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cheese=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.
Sentence 2: What is closer to the truth for real mice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 truth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closer | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 mice | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mice | amod |
| 9 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 closer | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to the truth; for real mice; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mice eat many foods, mostly seeds and grains, and cheese is no special favourite
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 foods | amod |
| 4 | foods | food | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 seeds | punct |
| 6 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 7 seeds | advmod |
| 7 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 foods | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 grains | cc |
| 9 | grains | grain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 seeds | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 favourite | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 favourite | cc |
| 12 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 favourite | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 favourite | cop |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 favourite | det |
| 15 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 favourite | amod |
| 16 | favourite | favourite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Mice | many foods | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | cheese | no special favourite | tree rules |
Option 2
Mice eat only cheese, and a mouse that cannot find any cheese soon gets ill and dies
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 cheese | advmod |
| 4 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eat | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mouse | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 mouse | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 mouse | det |
| 8 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 find | obj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 find | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 find | advmod |
| 12 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 mouse | acl:relcl |
| 13 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 cheese | det |
| 14 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 find | obj |
| 15 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 gets | advmod |
| 16 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 eat | parataxis |
| 17 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 gets | xcomp |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 dies | cc |
| 19 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 gets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Mice | cheese | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not find | can | a mouse | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme cheese=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | get | present | a mouse | ill, soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | die | present | a mouse not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Mice eat only cheese with holes in it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 cheese | advmod |
| 4 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 eat | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 holes | case |
| 6 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 eat | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Mice | cheese | cheese | with holes | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient |
Option 4
Mice cannot digest seeds at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 digest | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 digest | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 digest | advmod |
| 4 | digest | digest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 digest | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 digest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not digest | can | Mice | seeds | all | tree rules |
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