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Test 7 · Rodents of every kind: squirrels, marmots, prairie dogs, p…

«in alvin and the chipmunks they sing — real chipmunks talk?» What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: chipmunks, truth · What happens: sing, be · To what, where: chipmunks talk, alvin

This is test 7 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 alvin and the chipmunks they sing — real chipmunks talk?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 sing	punct
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 alvin	case
3	alvin	alvin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sing	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 chipmunks	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chipmunks	det
6	chipmunks	chipmunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 alvin	conj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sing	nsubj
8	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 chipmunks	punct
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chipmunks	amod
11	chipmunks	chipmunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 talk	compound
12	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sing	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sing	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 sing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express in a quote	present	chipmunks = chipmunk	chipmunks talk		alvin and the chipmunks			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location talk=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 the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Chipmunks are birds that copy songs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chipmunks	chipmunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 birds	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 birds	cop
3	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 copy	nsubj
5	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 birds	acl:relcl
6	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Chipmunks	birds					tree rules
2	copy	present	birds	songs					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme

Option 2

Chipmunks make no sound at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chipmunks	chipmunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Chipmunks	no sound		all			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product

Option 3

Chipmunks sing pop songs in the wild, just like in the cartoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chipmunks	chipmunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sing	nsubj
2	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pop	pop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 songs	compound
4	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sing	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wild	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wild	det
7	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cartoon	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	13 cartoon	advmod
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 cartoon	case
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cartoon	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cartoon	det
13	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	Chipmunks	pop songs		the wild			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Chipmunks are squirrels that make chirps and calls, not words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chipmunks	chipmunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 squirrels	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 squirrels	cop
3	squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 squirrels	acl:relcl
6	chirps	chirp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 calls	cc
8	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chirps	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 words	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 words	advmod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 squirrels	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Chipmunks	squirrels and words					tree rules
2	make	present	squirrels and words	chirps and calls					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chirp=Product

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