Test 12 · ★★★ · Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and…
A boy wants a farm animal that could be his friend the longest. Which should he choose?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, farm animal · What happens: want, be, choose · To what, where: farm animal, friend
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 350 «Farm animals by numbers: stomachs, hooves, toes, eggs and litres» 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: A boy wants a farm animal that could be his friend the longest.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 animal | det |
| 5 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 animal | compound |
| 6 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 friend | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 friend | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 friend | cop |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 friend | nmod:poss |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 animal | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 longest | det |
| 13 | longest | long | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 friend | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a boy | a farm animal | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot animal=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | could | a farm animal | boy's friend | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | a farm animal not said here | 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: Which should he choose?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 choose | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 choose | nsubj |
| 4 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 choose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | should | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A horse, which can live about 25 to 30 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 live | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 live | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 live | aux |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 horse | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 25 | advmod |
| 8 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 years | nummod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 30 | case |
| 10 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 25 | nmod |
| 11 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | a horse | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
A goat, which can live about 100 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 goat | det |
| 2 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 live | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 live | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 live | aux |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 goat | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 100 | advmod |
| 8 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | a goat | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
A hen, which can live about 50 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hen | det |
| 2 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 live | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 live | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 live | aux |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hen | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 50 | advmod |
| 8 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | a hen | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A sheep, which can live about 40 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sheep | det |
| 2 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 live | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 live | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 live | aux |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sheep | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 40 | advmod |
| 8 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | a sheep | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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