Test 1 · The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, drago…
«the swans are the King's, so if I nick one it's treason lol» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: swans, it · What happens: be, nick · To what, where: one treason
This is test 1 of lesson 337 «The park pond through the year: ducks, coots, swans, dragonflies and ice» 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 | _ | 12 nick | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 swans | det |
| 3 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 nick | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 King | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 swans | nmod |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nick | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 nick | advmod |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 nick | mark |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 nick | nsubj |
| 12 | nick | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 true | csubj |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 treason | nummod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 treason | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 treason | cop |
| 16 | treason | treason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nick | obj |
| 17 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 12 nick | discourse |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 nick | punct |
| 19 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 true | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 true | cop |
| 21 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 21 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | 's the King | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | nick in a quote | present | the swans | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | one treason | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | true property | 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 · ← Mova's choice
The King himself feeds every single swan in the country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 feeds | nsubj |
| 3 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 King | nmod |
| 4 | feeds | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 swan | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 swan | amod |
| 7 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feeds | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feeds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | present | the King King | every single swan | the country | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent swan=Value in country=Location |
Option 2
Swans belong to whichever person feeds them bread most often
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 belong | nsubj |
| 2 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 6 feeds | mark |
| 4 | whichever | whichever | DET | PronType=Rel | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feeds | nsubj |
| 6 | feeds | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 belong | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 feeds | obj |
| 8 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feeds | obj |
| 9 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 10 often | advmod |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 6 feeds | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | Swans | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | feed | present | whichever person | Swans = swan | often property | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient bread=Theme |
Option 3
Every wild bird in Britain belongs to the King by law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 bird | det |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bird | amod |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 belongs | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Britain | case |
| 5 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bird | nmod |
| 6 | belongs | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 King | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 belongs | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 law | case |
| 11 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 belongs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | every wild bird in Britain | to the King; by law | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Crown can claim unmarked mute swans on open water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Crown | det |
| 2 | Crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 claim | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 claim | aux |
| 4 | claim | claim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | unmarked | unmarked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 swans | amod |
| 6 | mute | mute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 swans | amod |
| 7 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 claim | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 9 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 water | amod |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 claim | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | can | the Crown | unmarked mute swans | open water | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent swan=Topic |
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