Test 5 · ★★ · Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe…
On a Christmas card Rudolph and the other reindeer pull Santa's sleigh in late December with big antlers. What do some people joke?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rudolph, people · What happens: pull, be, joke · To what, where: sleigh, Christmas card
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 318 «Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red deer, roe deer, moose, muntjac and water deer» 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: On a Christmas card Rudolph and the other reindeer pull Santa's sleigh in late December with big antlers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 card | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 card | det |
| 3 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 card | compound |
| 4 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pull | obl |
| 5 | Rudolph | Rudolph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 pull | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 reindeer | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 reindeer | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 reindeer | amod |
| 9 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Rudolph | conj |
| 10 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Santa | Santa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 sleigh | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Santa | case |
| 13 | sleigh | sleigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pull | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 December | case |
| 15 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 December | amod |
| 16 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 pull | obl |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 antlers | case |
| 18 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 antlers | amod |
| 19 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 pull | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 pull | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | present | Rudolph and the other reindeer | Santa's sleigh | a Christmas card | december | with big antlers | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleigh=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 do some people joke?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 people | det |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 joke | nsubj |
| 5 | joke | joke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | joke speech: other | present | some people | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Reindeer grow new antlers just for Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 antlers | amod |
| 4 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | obj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 Christmas | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Christmas | case |
| 7 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Reindeer | new antlers | for Christmas | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent antler=Product for christmas=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Only male reindeer grow antlers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 reindeer | advmod |
| 2 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reindeer | amod |
| 3 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | male reindeer | antlers | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme |
Option 3
They must be red deer dressed up in reindeer costumes for the Christmas card
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 deer | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 deer | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 deer | cop |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 deer | amod |
| 5 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 deer | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 dressed | compound:prt |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 costumes | case |
| 9 | reindeer | reindeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 costumes | compound |
| 10 | costumes | costume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dressed | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 card | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 card | det |
| 13 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 card | compound |
| 14 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must | They | red deer | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dress up | participle | red deer not said here | reindeer costumes | for the Christmas card | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Males drop antlers in early winter, so they may be females or young ones
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Males | male | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drop | nsubj |
| 2 | drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drop | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 winter | case |
| 5 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 winter | amod |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drop | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 females | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 females | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 females | nsubj |
| 10 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 females | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 females | cop |
| 12 | females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drop | parataxis |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 ones | cc |
| 14 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 ones | amod |
| 15 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 females | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present | Males | antlers | winter | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | may | Males = male | females or young ones | tree rules |
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