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Test 10 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

In a story the Dormouse at the Mad Hatter's tea party keeps falling asleep. What is true of real hazel dormice?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dormouse · What happens: keep, fall, be · To what, where: story

This is test 10 of lesson 317 «Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines, chinchillas and dormice» 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 a story the Dormouse at the Mad Hatter's tea party keeps falling asleep.

casedetobldetnsubjcasedetcompoundnmod:posscasecompoundnmodxcompxcomppunctrootInADPaDETstoryNOUNtheDETDormousePROPNatADPtheDETMadPROPNHatterPROPN'sPARTteaNOUNpartyNOUNkeepsVERBfallingVERBasleepADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 storycase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 storydet
3storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing13 keepsobl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Dormousedet
5DormouseDormousePROPNNumber=Sing13 keepsnsubj
6atatADP_12 partycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Hatterdet
8MadMadPROPN_9 Hattercompound
9HatterHatterPROPNNumber=Sing12 partynmod:poss
10's'sPART_9 Hattercase
11teateaNOUNNumber=Sing12 partycompound
12partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing5 Dormousenmod
13keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
14fallingfallVERBVerbForm=Ger13 keepsxcomp
15asleepasleepADJDegree=Pos14 fallingxcomp
16..PUNCT_13 keepspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresentthe Dormouse at the Mad Hatter's tea partya storytree rules
2fallgerundthe Dormouse at the Mad Hatter's tea party not said hereasleep propertyvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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 is true of real hazel dormice?

nsubjcopcaseamodcompoundoblpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJofADPrealADJhazelNOUNdormiceNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4ofofADP_7 dormicecase
5realrealADJDegree=Pos7 dormiceamod
6hazelhazelNOUNNumber=Sing7 dormicecompound
7dormicedormouseNOUNNumber=Plur3 trueobl
8??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentof real hazel dormice; true propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

They sleep only during tea

nsubjadvmodcaseoblrootTheyPRONsleepVERBonlyADVduringADPteaNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sleepnsubj
2sleepsleepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3onlyonlyADV_5 teaadvmod
4duringduringADP_5 teacase
5teateaNOUNNumber=Sing2 sleepobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sleeppresentTheyduring teavn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They sleep through winter for up to about six months

nsubjcaseoblcaseadvmodfixedadvmodnummodoblrootTheyPRONsleepVERBthroughADPwinterNOUNforADPupADVtoADPaboutADVsixNUMmonthsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sleepnsubj
2sleepsleepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3throughthroughADP_4 wintercase
4winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing2 sleepobl
5forforADP_10 monthscase
6upupADV_9 sixadvmod
7totoADP_6 upfixed
8aboutaboutADV_9 sixadvmod
9sixsixNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 monthsnummod
10monthsmonthNOUNNumber=Plur2 sleepobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sleeppresentTheymonth; wintervn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They never sleep at all, not even in the coldest winter

nsubjadvmodcaseoblpunctadvmodadvmodcasedetamodconjrootTheyPRONneverADVsleepVERBatADPallDET,PUNCTnotPARTevenADVinADPtheDETcoldestADJwinterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 sleepnsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 sleepadvmod
3sleepsleepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4atatADP_5 allcase
5allallDETPronType=Tot3 sleepobl
6,,PUNCT_12 winterpunct
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 winteradvmod
8evenevenADV_12 winteradvmod
9ininADP_12 wintercase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 winterdet
11coldestcoldADJDegree=Sup12 winteramod
12winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing3 sleepconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not sleeppresentTheyallvn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They sleep standing on their tails

nsubjxcompcasenmod:possoblrootTheyPRONsleepVERBstandingVERBonADPtheirPRONtailsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sleepnsubj
2sleepsleepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3standingstandVERBVerbForm=Ger2 sleepxcomp
4ononADP_6 tailscase
5theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 tailsnmod:poss
6tailstailNOUNNumber=Plur3 standingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sleeppresentTheytree rules
2standgerundThey not said heretheir tailsvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tail=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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