Test 4 · Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world
In The Jungle Book Baloo is a lazy bear who loves ants. Which real bear was he, and what would it eat?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lazy bear, Baloo · What happens: be, love, eat · To what, where: lazy bear, Book Baloo, ants, bear, real bear
This is test 4 of lesson 319 «Bears by kind: the eight bears of the world» 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 The Jungle Book Baloo is a lazy bear who loves ants.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 Baloo | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Baloo | det |
| 3 | Jungle | Jungle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Book | compound |
| 4 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Baloo | compound |
| 5 | Baloo | Baloo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 bear | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bear | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bear | det |
| 8 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bear | amod |
| 9 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 loves | nsubj |
| 11 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bear | acl:relcl |
| 12 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 loves | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 bear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a lazy bear | the Book Baloo | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | present | a lazy bear | ants | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ant=Stimulus |
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: Which real bear was he, and what would it eat?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 bear | nsubj |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bear | amod |
| 3 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 he | cop |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bear | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 eat | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 eat | cc |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 eat | obj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 eat | aux |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 eat | nsubj |
| 11 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 bear | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 bear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | bear | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | eat | would | Baloo | real bear | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A sloth bear, sucking up termites and ants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bear | det |
| 2 | sloth | sloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bear | compound |
| 3 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sucking | punct |
| 5 | sucking | suck | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 bear | acl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 sucking | compound:prt |
| 7 | termites | termite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sucking | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ants | cc |
| 9 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 termites | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suck up | gerund | a sloth bear not said here | termites and ants | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent termite=Source |
Option 2
A koala, eating leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 koala | det |
| 2 | koala | koala | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eating | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 koala | punct |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | a koala | leaves | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |
Option 3
A panda, eating bamboo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 panda | det |
| 2 | panda | panda | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 eating | punct |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 panda | acl |
| 5 | bamboo | bamboo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | a panda not said here | bamboo | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bamboo=Patient |
Option 4
A polar bear, eating seals on the sea ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bear | det |
| 2 | polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bear | amod |
| 3 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 eating | punct |
| 5 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 bear | acl |
| 6 | seals | seal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eating | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 ice | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ice | det |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ice | compound |
| 10 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 eating | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | a polar bear not said here | seals | the sea ice | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Patient |
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