Test 5 · Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and was…
«tank's right next to the window, sun's out, don't need that lamp» What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: tank, window sun, you · What happens: be, not need · To what, where: lamp, truth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 329 «Tortoises, lizards and geckos as pets: heat, light and washing hands» 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 | _ | 5 next | punct |
| 2 | tank | tank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 next | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 next | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 next | advmod |
| 5 | next | next | ADV | _ | 12 out | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 window | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 window | det |
| 8 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sun | compound |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 window | punct |
| 10 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 out | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 out | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 16 need | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 out | punct |
| 14 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 need | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 need | advmod |
| 16 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 lamp | det |
| 18 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 need | obj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 need | punct |
| 20 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 truth | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 truth | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 truth | det |
| 23 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 need | parataxis |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | tank | next, right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | window sun | out property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not need in a quote | imperative · do-support | you not said here | that lamp | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | the truth | 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
Window sun is even better than the lamp, because it is real sunlight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sun | compound |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 better | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 better | cop |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 better | advmod |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 lamp | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lamp | det |
| 8 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 better | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sunlight | punct |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 sunlight | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sunlight | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sunlight | cop |
| 13 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sunlight | amod |
| 14 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 better | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Window sun | than the lamp; good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | sun | real sunlight | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Window glass blocks most UVB, so the lizard still needs its lamp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 glass | compound |
| 2 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blocks | nsubj |
| 3 | blocks | block | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 UVB | amod |
| 5 | UVB | uvb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blocks | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 needs | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 needs | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lizard | det |
| 9 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 needs | nsubj |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 needs | advmod |
| 11 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 blocks | conj |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 lamp | nmod:poss |
| 13 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | block | present | Window glass | most UVB | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer uvb=Theme | ||||
| 2 | need | present | the lizard | lizard's lamp | still | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lamp=Theme |
Option 3
The lamp is only for heat in winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lamp | det |
| 2 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heat | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 heat | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 heat | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 heat | case |
| 6 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 winter | case |
| 8 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the lamp | winter | for heat | tree rules |
Option 4
Lizards do not need light at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lizards | lizard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 need | advmod |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present · do-support | Lizards | light | all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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