Test 9 · ★ · Where meat and fish come from, told honestly
«why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bones?» What is the true answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fish fingers, fingers, true answer · What happens: be, bree · To what, where: fish
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 343 «Where meat and fish come from, told honestly» 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: «why are the fish fingers boneless, did they breed fish without bones?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 boneless | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 boneless | advmod |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 boneless | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fingers | det |
| 5 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fingers | compound |
| 6 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 boneless | nsubj |
| 7 | boneless | boneless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 breed | punct |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 breed | aux |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 breed | nsubj |
| 11 | breed | bree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 boneless | conj |
| 12 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 breed | obj |
| 13 | without | without | ADP | _ | 14 bones | case |
| 14 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 breed | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 boneless | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 boneless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the fish fingers | boneless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bree in a quote | past · do-support | fingers = finger | fish | without bones | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the true answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the true answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The bones melt away in the cold of the freezer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bones | det |
| 2 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 melt | nsubj |
| 3 | melt | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 melt | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cold | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cold | det |
| 7 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 melt | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 freezer | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 freezer | det |
| 10 | freezer | freezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cold | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt away | present | the bones | the cold of the freezer | away property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, fish fingers come from a special fish that has no bones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fingers | compound |
| 4 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | nsubj |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 fish | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fish | det |
| 8 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fish | amod |
| 9 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 has | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fish | acl:relcl |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 bones | det |
| 13 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | fish fingers | from a special fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fish=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | have | present | a special fish | no bones | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |
Option 3
They are made from sharks only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 sharks | case |
| 5 | sharks | shark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | They | sharks | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from shark=Material |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The white fish is cut into blocks with the bones taken out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fish | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fish | amod |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cut | aux:pass |
| 5 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 blocks | case |
| 7 | blocks | block | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cut | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 bones | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bones | det |
| 10 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cut | obl |
| 11 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 bones | acl |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 taken | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | present · passive | the white fish | into blocks result; with the bones | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: subject=Patient into block=Result with bone=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | take out | participle | the bones not said here | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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