Test 7 · ★ · Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattl…
In The Jungle Book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose fights two cobras that spread their hoods. What does a real spread hood mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mongoose, two cobras, real spread hood · What happens: fight, spread, mean · To what, where: two cobras, Jungle Book, hoods
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 322 «Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes» 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 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the mongoose fights two cobras that spread their hoods.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 Book | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Book | det |
| 3 | Jungle | Jungle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Book | compound |
| 4 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 fights | obl |
| 5 | Rikki | Rikki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Book | flat |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Tikki | punct |
| 7 | Tikki | Tikki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Rikki | flat |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Tavi | punct |
| 9 | Tavi | Tavi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Rikki | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mongoose | det |
| 11 | mongoose | mongoose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fights | nsubj |
| 12 | fights | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 cobras | nummod |
| 14 | cobras | cobra | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fights | obj |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 spread | nsubj |
| 16 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 cobras | acl:relcl |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 hoods | nmod:poss |
| 18 | hoods | hood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 spread | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 fights | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | the mongoose | two cobras | the Jungle Book | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cobra=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | spread | present | two cobras | cobras's hoods | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hood=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 does a real spread hood mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mean | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hood | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hood | amod |
| 5 | spread | spread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hood | compound |
| 6 | hood | hood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mean | nsubj |
| 7 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | a real spread hood | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
«I am about to fall asleep»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 fall | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 fall | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fall | aux |
| 4 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 fall | mark |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fall | mark |
| 6 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fall | xcomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 fall | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall in a quote | present | I | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
«I want to be friends»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 want | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 want | nsubj |
| 3 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 friends | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 friends | cop |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 want | xcomp |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | present | I | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | friends | tree rules |
Option 3
«I am hungry for fruit»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 hungry | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 hungry | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hungry | cop |
| 4 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 fruit | case |
| 6 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hungry | obl |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 hungry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | for fruit; hungry property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«I am big, leave me alone»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 big | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 big | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 big | cop |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 leave | punct |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 big | parataxis |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 leave | obj |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 leave | advmod |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 big | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | big property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | infinitive | me | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
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