Test 11 · ★★★ · Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clove…
Count them: 3 rabbits nibble the clover and a fox watches from the hedge. How many ears and how many tails?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, 3 rabbits, fox · What happens: count, nibble, watch · To what, where: them, clover, hedge
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 340 «Weeds and wildflowers: dandelions, nettles, daisies, clover and plantain» 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: Count them: 3 rabbits nibble the clover and a fox watches from the hedge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 nibble | punct |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 rabbits | nummod |
| 5 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 nibble | nsubj |
| 6 | nibble | nibble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 clover | det |
| 8 | clover | clover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nibble | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 watches | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fox | det |
| 11 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 watches | nsubj |
| 12 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 nibble | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 hedge | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hedge | det |
| 15 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 watches | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | nibble | present | 3 rabbits | the clover | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clover=Patient | ||||
| 3 | watch | present | a fox | the hedge | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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: How many ears and how many tails?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ears | amod |
| 3 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tails | cc |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 many | advmod |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tails | amod |
| 7 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ears | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 ears | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
8 ears and 4 tails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 ears | nummod |
| 2 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tails | cc |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 tails | nummod |
| 5 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ears | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
8 ears and 3 tails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 ears | nummod |
| 2 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tails | cc |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 tails | nummod |
| 5 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ears | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
6 ears and 4 tails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 ears | nummod |
| 2 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tails | cc |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 tails | nummod |
| 5 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ears | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
4 ears and 4 tails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 ears | nummod |
| 2 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tails | cc |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 tails | nummod |
| 5 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ears | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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