Test 5 · ★ · Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white a…

«black panthers have no spots» says a friend. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: black panthers, friend · What happens: have, say, be · To what, where: spots · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 367 «Animal colours: pink flamingos, rare blue animals, white albinos and black panthers» 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: «black panthers have no spots» says a friend.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
2	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 panthers	amod
3	panthers	panther	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 says	ccomp
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 spots	det
6	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 friend	det
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	black panthers	no spots					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	a friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The spots are still there and show in bright sun or on night camera traps

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spots	det
2	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 there	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 there	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 there	advmod
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 show	cc
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 there	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sun	case
9	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sun	amod
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 traps	cc
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 traps	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 camera	compound
14	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 traps	compound
15	traps	trap	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 there	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the spots				still	there property	tree rules
2	show	infinitive	the spots not said here			bright sun			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They have stripes like tigers, hidden under the black fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 tigers	case
5	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stripes	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hidden	punct
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stripes	acl
8	under	under	ADP	_	11 fur	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fur	det
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fur	amod
11	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	stripes				like tigers	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripe=Patient
2	hide	participle		stripes not said here		the black fur			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under fur=Location

Option 3

Right, they are completely plain black from nose to tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 plain	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 plain	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plain	cop
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	6 plain	advmod
6	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nose	amod
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nose	amod
8	from	from	ADP	_	7 black	obl
9	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 tail	case
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nose	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they					completely, plain property	tree rules

Option 4

They have white spots only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spots	amod
4	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	2 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	white spots					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient

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