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Test 5 · Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas,…

In a cartoon, a mole pops up wearing big glasses and a hard hat. What does a real star-nosed mole use to find food in the dark?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mole, real nosed mole · What happens: pop up, wear, do, nose, use, find · To what, where: cartoon, big glasses, food, dark

This is test 5 of lesson 366 «Odd-looking animals: shoebills, star-nosed moles, saigas, pangolins and hagfish» 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 cartoon, a mole pops up wearing big glasses and a hard hat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pops	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mole	det
6	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pops	nsubj
7	pops	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 pops	compound:prt
9	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 pops	advcl
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 glasses	amod
11	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wearing	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hat	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hat	det
14	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hat	amod
15	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 glasses	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 pops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop up	present	a mole			a cartoon			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	wear	gerund	a mole not said here	big glasses and a hard hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source

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 does a real star-nosed mole use to find food in the dark?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mole	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mole	amod
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nosed	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 star	punct
7	nosed	nose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 mole	amod
8	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	nsubj
9	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 does	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 use	advcl
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 dark	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dark	det
15	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	nose	participle							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	use	present	a real nosed mole						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	find	to-infinitive	a real nosed mole not said here	food		the dark			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A star of touch sensors and sniffs of bubbles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 star	det
2	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sensors	case
4	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sensors	compound
5	sensors	sensor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 star	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sniffs	cc
7	sniffs	sniff	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sensors	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 bubbles	case
9	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sniffs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff			bubbles					nom sniff «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Loud shouting that scares the worms out of the soil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shouting	amod
2	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 scares	nsubj
4	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shouting	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 worms	det
6	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scares	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 soil	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 soil	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soil	det
10	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	present	Loud shouting	the worms		the soil			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus worm=Experiencer

Option 3

A little torch strapped to its head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 torch	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 torch	amod
3	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	strapped	strap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 torch	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strap	participle		a little torch not said here				to torch's head	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to head=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Big glasses that help its tiny eyes see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 glasses	amod
2	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 see	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 help	nsubj
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 glasses	acl:relcl
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 eyes	amod
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	obj
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Big glasses	its tiny eyes					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Beneficiary
2	see	present	Big glasses						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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