Test 5 · ★★ · Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and…
In a Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom sees a ghost and his fur turns white in a second. What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, fur, truth · What happens: see, turn, be · To what, where: ghost, Tom cartoon
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 355 «Hair: growing, curly and straight, eyebrows, eyelashes and going grey» 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 Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom sees a ghost and his fur turns white in a second.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 6 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cartoon | det |
| 3 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 cartoon | compound |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Jerry | cc |
| 5 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Tom | conj |
| 6 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sees | obl |
| 7 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 sees | nsubj |
| 8 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ghost | det |
| 10 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sees | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 turns | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 fur | nmod:poss |
| 13 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 turns | nsubj |
| 14 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sees | conj |
| 15 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 turns | xcomp |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 second | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 second | det |
| 18 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 turns | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Tom | a ghost | a Tom cartoon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | turn | present | Tom's fur | second | white property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 the truth?
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 | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Fright really bleaches fur instantly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bleaches | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 bleaches | advmod |
| 3 | bleaches | bleach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bleaches | obj |
| 5 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 3 bleaches | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleach | present | Fright | fur | instantly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
Option 2
It happens if the fright is long enough
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 | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 enough | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fright | det |
| 5 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 enough | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 enough | cop |
| 7 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 enough | advmod |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 happens | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | It | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the fright | enough, long property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The fur already grown is dead and cannot change colour from a fright
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fur | det |
| 2 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dead | nsubj |
| 3 | already | already | ADV | _ | 4 grown | advmod |
| 4 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fur | acl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dead | cop |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 change | cc |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 change | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 change | advmod |
| 10 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 dead | conj |
| 11 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 change | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 fright | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fright | det |
| 14 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 change | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | the fur not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the fur | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not change | can | the fur not said here | colour | a fright | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent colour=Patient from fright=Initial_State |
Option 4
Only cats can turn white from fright
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 cats | advmod |
| 2 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 turn | xcomp |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 fright | case |
| 7 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | can | cats | fright | white property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from fright=Trajectory |
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