Test 9 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first
A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy. What is the video not showing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, video · What happens: see, not be · To what, where: cute video
This is test 9 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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: A boy sees a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 video | det |
| 5 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 video | amod |
| 6 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 monkey | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 monkey | det |
| 9 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 monkey | compound |
| 10 | monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 video | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 nappy | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 nappy | det |
| 13 | nappy | nappy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 monkey | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a boy | a cute video of a pet monkey in a nappy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=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: What is the video not showing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 showing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 showing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 video | det |
| 4 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 showing | nsubj |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 showing | advmod |
| 6 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 showing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | the video | show property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Monkeys become calmer every year at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 become | nsubj |
| 2 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | calmer | calm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 become | xcomp |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 year | det |
| 5 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 become | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 become | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | Monkeys | every year | home | calm property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Monkeys love nappies more than trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nappies | nappy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | obj |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 love | obj |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 trees | case |
| 6 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Monkeys | nappies | tree rules |
Option 3
Monkeys need nothing but bananas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 need | obj |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 bananas | cc |
| 5 | bananas | banana | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Monkeys | nothing | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Monkeys often become unhappy, bite and need groups and space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 become | nsubj |
| 2 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 become | advmod |
| 3 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 become | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bite | punct |
| 6 | bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 need | cc |
| 8 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | conj |
| 9 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 need | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 space | cc |
| 11 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 groups | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | Monkeys | often, unhappy property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bite | present | Monkeys not said here | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | need | present | Monkeys not said here | groups and space | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot group=Theme |
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