Test 6 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs
«grandma says theres a rabbit living on the moon, true??» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandma, rabbit · What happens: say, live, be · To what, where: theres, moon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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: «grandma says theres a rabbit living on the moon, true??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 2 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | theres | there | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 says | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rabbit | det |
| 6 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 theres | appos |
| 7 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 rabbit | acl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 moon | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 moon | det |
| 10 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 living | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 true | punct |
| 12 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 theres | parataxis |
| 13 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | grandma | theres | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent there=Topic | ||||
| 2 | live in a quote | gerund | a rabbit not said here | the moon | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |
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?
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 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, astronauts saw it hopping about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | astronauts | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | hopping | hop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 saw | xcomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 hopping | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | astronauts | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hop about | gerund | about property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
No, it is a cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 cat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cat | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cat | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a cat | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No living rabbit; it is a shape we see in old lava plains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 rabbit | det |
| 2 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rabbit | amod |
| 3 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shape | nsubj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 rabbit | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shape | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shape | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shape | det |
| 8 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shape | acl:relcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 plains | case |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 plains | amod |
| 13 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 plains | compound |
| 14 | plains | plain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | no living rabbit | a shape | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | present | we | a shape not said here | old lava plains | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, Yutu is a real rabbit up there, it was sent with the rover
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 rabbit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Yutu | Yutu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 rabbit | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rabbit | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rabbit | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rabbit | amod |
| 7 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 there | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 rabbit | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sent | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 sent | aux:pass |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 rabbit | acl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 rover | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 rover | det |
| 16 | rover | rover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Yutu | a real rabbit | there | tree rules | |||
| 2 | send | past · passive | a real rabbit not said here | rabbit | with the rover | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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