Test 5 · ★ · Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growi…

«my mate says a rabbit is just a big rodent» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, rabbit, big rodent · What happens: say, be · To what, where: big rodent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rabbit	det
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rodent	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rodent	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	11 rodent	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rodent	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rodent	amod
11	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 rodent	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rodent	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	a rabbit	a big rodent		tree rules
3	is	present	a big rodent		right 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

No, a rabbit is a kind of cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kind	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 cat	case
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a rabbit	a kind				of cat	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, every small furry animal with big front teeth is a rodent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	13 rodent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 animal	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
5	furry	furry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animal	amod
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rodent	nsubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 teeth	case
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teeth	amod
9	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teeth	amod
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 animal	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rodent	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rodent	det
13	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	every small furry animal with big front teeth	a rodent					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, a rabbit is a lagomorph, with four upper front teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 lagomorph	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lagomorph	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lagomorph	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lagomorph	det
7	lagomorph	lagomorph	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 teeth	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 teeth	case
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 teeth	nummod
11	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 teeth	amod
12	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 teeth	amod
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lagomorph	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a rabbit	a lagomorph and four upper front teeth					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, rabbits are giant mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 mice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mice	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mice	cop
5	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mice	amod
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	rabbits	giant mice					tree rules

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