Test 9 · ★ · Ukraine's forests: bison, elk, lynx, wolves and Carpathian…

«wolves are always the bad guys, every story says so» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolves, story · What happens: be, say · To what, where: bad guys · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 guys	punct
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 guys	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 guys	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 guys	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guys	det
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 guys	amod
7	guys	guy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 says	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 story	det
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 right	advmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 says	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	wolves	the bad guys	always property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	every story			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			right property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

Wolves are extinct in Ukraine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extinct	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 extinct	cop
3	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Ukraine	case
5	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 extinct	obl

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In the tale Sirko a wolf helps an old dog, and real wolves usually avoid people

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 helps	obl
4	Sirko	Sirko	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tale	appos
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 helps	nsubj
7	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 helps	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 avoid	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 avoid	cc
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wolves	amod
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 avoid	nsubj
15	usually	usually	ADV	_	16 avoid	advmod
16	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 helps	parataxis
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	a wolf		a old dog	the tale			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Beneficiary
2	avoid	present	real wolves	people				usually property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent people=Location

Option 3

Wolves only live in fairy tales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tales	case
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tales	compound
6	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Wolves			fairy tales			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tale=Location

Option 4

Wolves always attack people on sight, and that is why every story warns us

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attack	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 attack	advmod
3	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attack	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 sight	case
6	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attack	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 why	cc
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 why	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 why	cop
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 warns	advmod
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 story	det
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 warns	nsubj
14	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attack	advcl
15	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 warns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	attack	present	Wolves	people		sight	always property	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	is	present	that				why property	tree rules
3	warn speech: warn	present	every story		us			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient

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