Test 9 · ★ · Rodents: the biggest group of mammals and their ever-growi…
In Ratatouille a rat laughs and has fun. What did scientists really find?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rat, scientists · What happens: laugh, have, find · To what, where: fun
This is test 9 · ★ 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 Ratatouille a rat laughs and has fun.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Ratatouille | case |
| 2 | Ratatouille | Ratatouille | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 laughs | obl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rat | det |
| 4 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laughs | nsubj |
| 5 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 has | cc |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 laughs | conj |
| 8 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 laughs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | a rat | in Ratatouille | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ratatouille=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | a rat not said here | fun | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient |
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 did scientists really find?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 find | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 3 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 find | advmod |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · do-support | scientists | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tickled rats make high chirps and come back for more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tickled | tickle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rats | amod |
| 2 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chirps | amod |
| 5 | chirps | chirp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 come | cc |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | conj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 come | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 more | case |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tickle | participle | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | Tickled rats | high chirps | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chirp=Product | ||||
| 3 | come back | infinitive | Tickled rats not said here | for more | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Rats laugh so loud people can hear across a room
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 laugh | nsubj |
| 2 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 hear | advmod |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hear | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hear | aux |
| 7 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 laugh | advcl |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | Rats | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hear | can | loud people | a room | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Only cartoon rats can play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 rats | advmod |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rats | compound |
| 3 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 play | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 play | aux |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | can | cartoon rats | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Rats cannot feel anything at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 feel | advmod |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 feel | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | can | Rats | anything | all | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Location |
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