Test 4 · ★ · Mammal giants of the past: Paraceratherium, Diprotodon, th… In the Ice Age cartoon films giant beasts chat around. A friend says the giant beaver cut down huge forests. What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon films, friend, giant beaver · What happens: chat around, say, cut down, be · To what, where: Ice Age, huge forests · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 384 «Mammal giants of the past: Paraceratherium, Diprotodon, the giant beaver and Gigantopithecus» 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 the Ice Age cartoon films giant beasts chat around.
case det compound obl compound nsubj amod conj advmod punct root In ADP the DET Ice PROPN Age PROPN cartoon NOUN films NOUN giant ADJ beasts NOUN chat VERB around ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 Age case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Age det 3 Ice Ice PROPN Number=Sing 4 Age compound 4 Age Age PROPN Number=Sing 9 chat obl 5 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 6 films compound 6 films film NOUN Number=Plur 9 chat nsubj 7 giant giant ADJ Degree=Pos 8 beasts amod 8 beasts beast NOUN Number=Plur 6 films conj 9 chat chat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 around around ADV _ 9 chat advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 9 chat punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 chat around speech: other present cartoon films and giant beasts in the Ice Age around property vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: A friend says the giant beaver cut down huge forests.
det nsubj det amod nsubj acl compound:prt amod obj punct root A DET friend NOUN says VERB the DET giant ADJ beaver NOUN cut VERB down ADP huge ADJ forests NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 friend det 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 beaver det 5 giant giant ADJ Degree=Pos 6 beaver amod 6 beaver beaver NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 7 cut cut VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 beaver acl 8 down down ADP _ 7 cut compound:prt 9 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 10 forests amod 10 forests forest NOUN Number=Plur 7 cut obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 cut down participle the giant beaver not said here huge forests vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset forest=Product
Sentence 3: What is right?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT 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 It lived in the sea
nsubj case det obl root It PRON lived VERB in ADP the DET sea NOUN 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 lived nsubj 2 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 sea case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sea det 5 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 2 lived obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 live past It the sea vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Yes, it cut down whole forests with its huge teeth to build giant dams
The tree, 14 words discourse punct nsubj compound:prt amod obj case nmod:poss amod nmod mark advcl amod obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON cut VERB down ADP whole ADJ forests NOUN with ADP its PRON huge ADJ teeth NOUN to PART build VERB giant ADJ dams NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 cut discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 cut nsubj 4 cut cut VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 down down ADP _ 4 cut compound:prt 6 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 forests amod 7 forests forest NOUN Number=Plur 4 cut obj 8 with with ADP _ 11 teeth case 9 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 teeth nmod:poss 10 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 11 teeth amod 11 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 7 forests nmod 12 to to PART _ 13 build mark 13 build build VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 cut advcl 14 giant giant ADJ Degree=Pos 15 dams amod 15 dams dam NOUN Number=Plur 13 build obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cut down past it whole forests with its huge teeth vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient with tooth=Instrument 2 build to-infinitive giant dams vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dam=Product
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer It probably ate mostly water plants and may not have built dams
nsubj advmod advmod compound obj cc aux advmod conj amod obj root It PRON probably ADV ate VERB mostly ADV water NOUN plants NOUN and CCONJ may AUX not PART have VERB built VERB dams NOUN 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 3 ate nsubj 2 probably probably ADV _ 3 ate advmod 3 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 mostly mostly ADV _ 3 ate advmod 5 water water NOUN Number=Sing 6 plants compound 6 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 3 ate obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 have cc 8 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 have aux 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 have advmod 10 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 ate conj 11 built build VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 dams amod 12 dams dam NOUN Number=Plur 10 have obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past It water plants mostly, probably property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient 2 not have may built dams vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dam=Patient 3 build participle vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Option 4 It ate only meat
nsubj advmod obj root It PRON ate VERB only ADV meat NOUN 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 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 only only ADV _ 4 meat advmod 4 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 2 ate obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past It meat vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
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