Test 2 · Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps
My friend says ladybird spots tell you its age, 7 spots means 7 years. Right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, ladybird spots, age · What happens: say, tell, mean · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 36 «Insects: six legs, three parts; ants, bees and wasps» 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: My friend says ladybird spots tell you its age, 7 spots means 7 years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ladybird | ladybird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spots | compound |
| 5 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 tell | nsubj |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | iobj |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 age | nmod:poss |
| 9 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 means | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 spots | punct |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 spots | nummod |
| 12 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 age | conj |
| 13 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tell | parataxis |
| 14 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 years | nummod |
| 15 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 means | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | present | ladybird spots | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | friend's age and 7 spots | year | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, the number of spots shows which kind of ladybird it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 shows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shows | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 spots | case |
| 6 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 number | nmod |
| 7 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 9 kind | det |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shows | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 ladybird | case |
| 11 | ladybird | ladybird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kind | nmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 kind | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 kind | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the number of spots | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | number | which kind | of ladybird | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, one spot grows each year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 grows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 spot | nummod |
| 4 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grows | nsubj |
| 5 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 year | det |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grows | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | one spot | year | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, but only for red ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 ones | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 ones | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 ones | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ones | case |
| 6 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ones | amod |
| 7 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
No, the spots show how many eggs it laid over the summer, one for each egg
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 show | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spots | det |
| 4 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 show | nsubj |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 many | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 eggs | amod |
| 8 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 show | obj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 laid | nsubj |
| 10 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 show | parataxis |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 13 summer | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 summer | det |
| 13 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 laid | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 one | punct |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 show | ccomp |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 egg | case |
| 17 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 egg | det |
| 18 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the spots | many eggs | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent egg=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | lay | past | it | summer | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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