Test 1 · ★ · Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they…

«mate there's a 15 metre anaconda that ate a whole canoe, saw the poster» What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: metre anaconda, best reply · What happens: be, eat, see · To what, where: whole canoe, poster, metre anaconda · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 321 «Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how big they really get» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 's	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 's	vocative
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 's	expl
4	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 anaconda	det
6	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 metre	nummod
7	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 anaconda	compound
8	anaconda	anaconda	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 's	nsubj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 ate	nsubj
10	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 anaconda	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 canoe	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 canoe	amod
13	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ate	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 saw	punct
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ate	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 poster	det
17	poster	poster	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 saw	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 ate	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 ate	parataxis
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 What	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 reply	det
22	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	23 reply	amod
23	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 What	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a metre anaconda		there	mate vocative	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat in a quote	past	a metre anaconda	a whole canoe			tree rules
3	see in a quote	past	a metre anaconda not said here	the poster			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poster=Stimulus
4	is a	present	the best reply	a metre anaconda			tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

True, but only in the Everglades

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Everglades	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Everglades	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 Everglades	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 Everglades	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Everglades	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Everglades	det
7	Everglades	Everglade	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

No snake anywhere near that long has ever been measured; posters exaggerate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 measured	nsubj:pass
3	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 snake	advmod
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 long	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 long	nsubj
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 snake	nmod
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 measured	aux
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 measured	advmod
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 measured	aux:pass
10	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 exaggerate	punct
12	posters	poster	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 exaggerate	nsubj
13	exaggerate	exaggerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 measured	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present · perfect · passive		no snake near long			ever		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
2	exaggerate	present	posters						tree rules

Option 3

True, they eat canoes every summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eat	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eat	nsubj
4	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	canoes	canoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 summer	det
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eat	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	they	canoes			summer		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent canoe=Patient

Option 4

It is real, and 15 metres is only a small one; the big ones are twice as long

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 real	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 one	cc
6	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 metres	nummod
7	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 one	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 one	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	12 one	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 real	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 twice	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ones	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ones	amod
16	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 twice	nsubj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 twice	cop
18	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 real	advmod
19	as	as	ADV	_	20 long	advmod
20	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 twice	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		real property	tree rules
2	is a	present	15 metres	a small one		tree rules
3	is	present	the big ones		long, twice property	tree rules

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