Test 10 · ★ · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…
In a cartoon a deer keeps the same antlers its whole life. What is right for an elk?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deer · What happens: keep, be · To what, where: same antlers, cartoon
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 372 «Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian brown bears» 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 deer keeps the same antlers its whole life.
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 | 6 keeps | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 deer | det |
| 5 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keeps | nsubj |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 antlers | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 antlers | amod |
| 9 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 keeps | obj |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 life | nmod:poss |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 life | amod |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keeps | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a deer | the same antlers | a cartoon | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent antler=Theme life=Attribute |
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 right for an elk?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 elk | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 elk | det |
| 6 | elk | elk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for a elk; right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It keeps the same antlers for life, adding one point a year
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 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 antlers | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 antlers | amod |
| 5 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keeps | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 adding | punct |
| 9 | adding | add | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 keeps | advcl |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 point | nummod |
| 11 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 adding | obj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 year | det |
| 13 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 adding | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | the same antlers | for life | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Theme | |||
| 2 | add speech: assert | gerund | one point | year | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |
Option 2
Its antlers are made of wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 antlers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 wood | case |
| 6 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Its antlers | of wood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 3
Only females grow antlers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 females | advmod |
| 2 | females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | females | antlers | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It drops its antlers each winter and grows new ones
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 drops | nsubj |
| 2 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 antlers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | antlers | antler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drops | obj |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 winter | det |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drops | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 grows | cc |
| 8 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 drops | conj |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ones | amod |
| 10 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 grows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present | It | its antlers | winter | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antler=Theme | |||
| 2 | grow | present | new ones | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme |
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