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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.

casedetcompoundccconjoblnsubjdetobjccnmod:possnsubjconjxcompcasedetoblpunctrootInADPaDETTomPROPNandCCONJJerryPROPNcartoonNOUNTomPROPNseesVERBaDETghostNOUNandCCONJhisPRONfurNOUNturnsVERBwhiteADJinADPaDETsecondNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_6 cartooncase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 cartoondet
3TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing6 cartooncompound
4andandCCONJ_5 Jerrycc
5JerryJerryPROPNNumber=Sing3 Tomconj
6cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing8 seesobl
7TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing8 seesnsubj
8seesseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 ghostdet
10ghostghostNOUNNumber=Sing8 seesobj
11andandCCONJ_14 turnscc
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 furnmod:poss
13furfurNOUNNumber=Sing14 turnsnsubj
14turnsturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 seesconj
15whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos14 turnsxcomp
16ininADP_18 secondcase
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 seconddet
18secondsecondNOUNNumber=Sing14 turnsobl
19..PUNCT_8 seespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresentToma ghosta Tom cartoonvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus
2turnpresentTom's fursecondwhite propertyvn 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?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETtruthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truthtree rules

The options

Option 1

Fright really bleaches fur instantly

nsubjadvmodobjadvmodrootFrightNOUNreallyADVbleachesVERBfurNOUNinstantlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FrightfrightNOUNNumber=Sing3 bleachesnsubj
2reallyreallyADV_3 bleachesadvmod
3bleachesbleachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4furfurNOUNNumber=Sing3 bleachesobj
5instantlyinstantlyADV_3 bleachesadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bleachpresentFrightfurinstantly propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient

Option 2

It happens if the fright is long enough

nsubjmarkdetnsubjcopadvmodadvclrootItPRONhappensVERBifSCONJtheDETfrightNOUNisAUXlongADVenoughADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 happensnsubj
2happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ififSCONJ_8 enoughmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 frightdet
5frightfrightNOUNNumber=Sing8 enoughnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 enoughcop
7longlongADVDegree=Pos8 enoughadvmod
8enoughenoughADJDegree=Pos2 happensadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresentItvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2is a condition, not said to happenpresentthe frightenough, long propertytree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The fur already grown is dead and cannot change colour from a fright

detnsubjadvmodaclcopccauxadvmodconjobjcasedetoblrootTheDETfurNOUNalreadyADVgrownVERBisAUXdeadADJandCCONJcanAUXnotPARTchangeVERBcolourNOUNfromADPaDETfrightNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 furdet
2furfurNOUNNumber=Sing6 deadnsubj
3alreadyalreadyADV_4 grownadvmod
4growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 furacl
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 deadcop
6deaddeadADJDegree=Posrootroot
7andandCCONJ_10 changecc
8cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 changeaux
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 changeadvmod
10changechangeVERBVerbForm=Inf6 deadconj
11colourcolourNOUNNumber=Sing10 changeobj
12fromfromADP_14 frightcase
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 frightdet
14frightfrightNOUNNumber=Sing10 changeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growparticiplethe fur not said herevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ispresentthe furdead propertytree rules
3not changecanthe fur not said herecoloura frightvn 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

advmodnsubjauxxcompcaseoblrootOnlyADVcatsNOUNcanAUXturnVERBwhiteADJfromADPfrightNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 catsadvmod
2catscatNOUNNumber=Plur4 turnnsubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 turnaux
4turnturnVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos4 turnxcomp
6fromfromADP_7 frightcase
7frightfrightNOUNNumber=Sing4 turnobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turncancatsfrightwhite propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from fright=Trajectory

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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