Test 1 · ★ · Birds of prey and owls
In a cartoon an owl spins its head round and round like a wheel. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: owl · What happens: spin, be · To what, where: head, cartoon
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 34 «Birds of prey and owls» 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 an owl spins its head round and round like a wheel.
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 spins | obl |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 owl | det |
| 5 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spins | nsubj |
| 6 | spins | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 head | nmod:poss |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spins | obj |
| 9 | round | round | ADV | _ | 6 spins | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 round | cc |
| 11 | round | round | ADV | _ | 9 round | conj |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 wheel | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 wheel | det |
| 14 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spins | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 spins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | present | a owl | owl's head | a cartoon | like a wheel; round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It cannot turn its head at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 turn | advmod |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not turn | can | It | its head | all | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme head=Result |
Option 2
It can spin its head forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spin | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 spin | aux |
| 3 | spin | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 head | nmod:poss |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spin | obj |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 spin | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | can | It | its head | forever property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme head=Result |
Option 3
It can take its head off and put it back on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 head | nmod:poss |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 take | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 put | cc |
| 8 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 take | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 put | obj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 put | advmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADV | _ | 8 put | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | can | It | its head | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ||||
| 2 | put back | infinitive | head | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It can turn about three quarters of a circle, not all the way round
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 three | advmod |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 quarters | nummod |
| 6 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turn | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 circle | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 circle | det |
| 9 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quarters | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 way | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 way | advmod |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 way | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | parataxis |
| 15 | round | round | ADV | _ | 3 turn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn about | can | It | three quarters of a circle | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme quarter=Result |
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