Test 3 · ★★ · The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and w…
In a cartoon the squirrel snores in its hole all winter like a bear. What do real squirrels do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: squirrel, real squirrels · What happens: snore, be, do
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 336 «The garden in winter: bare trees, tracks in the snow and who sleeps where» 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 a cartoon the squirrel snores in its hole all winter like a bear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 snores | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 squirrel | det |
| 5 | squirrel | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 snores | nsubj |
| 6 | snores | snore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hole | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hole | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 snores | obl |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 winter | det |
| 11 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 snores | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 bear | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 bear | det |
| 14 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 snores | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 snores | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snore | present | the squirrel | winter | in squirrel's hole; like a bear; in a cartoon | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=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 do real squirrels do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 squirrels | amod |
| 4 | squirrels | squirrel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | real squirrels | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Move into houses for the winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | into | into | ADP | _ | 3 houses | case |
| 3 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Move | obl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 winter | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 winter | det |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | houses | winter | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into house=Trajectory |
Option 2
Grow a white coat and hide in snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 coat | det |
| 3 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coat | amod |
| 4 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grow | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hide | cc |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Grow | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 snow | case |
| 8 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | imperative | you not said here | a white coat | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | you not said here | snow | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location |
Option 3
Sleep without waking until spring, just like bears and hedgehogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waking | nsubj |
| 2 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 3 waking | mark |
| 3 | waking | wake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | until | until | ADP | _ | 5 spring | case |
| 5 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waking | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bears | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 bears | advmod |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 bears | case |
| 9 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 waking | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hedgehogs | cc |
| 11 | hedgehogs | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bears | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake | gerund | Sleep | spring | like bears and hedgehogs | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay awake, resting on the coldest days and eating buried nuts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 resting | punct |
| 4 | resting | rest | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 days | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 days | det |
| 7 | coldest | cold | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 days | amod |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 resting | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 eating | cc |
| 10 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 resting | conj |
| 11 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 nuts | amod |
| 12 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | awake property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rest | gerund | you not said here | day | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | eat | gerund | you not said here | buried nuts | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient | ||||
| 4 | bury | participle | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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