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Test 5 · ★★ · Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bees, laughin…

In Ratatouille Remy the rat cooks in Paris. A friend says real rats have no feelings at all. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: rat, friend, real rats · What happens: cook, say, have, be · To what, where: feelings, all · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 388 «Surprising brains: tool-using fish, counting bees, laughing rats and clever pigs» 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 Ratatouille Remy the rat cooks in Paris.

caseoblflatdetnsubjcaseoblpunctrootInADPRatatouillePROPNRemyPROPNtheDETratNOUNcooksVERBinADPParisPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_2 Ratatouillecase
2RatatouilleRatatouillePROPNNumber=Sing6 cooksobl
3RemyRemyPROPNNumber=Sing2 Ratatouilleflat
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 ratdet
5ratratNOUNNumber=Sing6 cooksnsubj
6cookscookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7ininADP_8 Pariscase
8ParisParisPROPNNumber=Sing6 cooksobl
9..PUNCT_6 cookspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cookpresentthe ratin Paris; in Ratatouillevn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in ratatouille=Instrument

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 real rats have no feelings at all.

detnsubjamodnsubjccompdetobjcasenmodpunctrootADETfriendNOUNsaysVERBrealADJratsNOUNhaveVERBnoDETfeelingsNOUNatADPallDET.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 frienddet
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4realrealADJDegree=Pos5 ratsamod
5ratsratNOUNNumber=Plur6 havensubj
6havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
7nonoDETPronType=Neg8 feelingsdet
8feelingsfeelingNOUNNumber=Plur6 haveobj
9atatADP_10 allcase
10allallDETPronType=Tot8 feelingsnmod
11..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2havepresentreal ratsno feelingsallvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient

Sentence 3: What is right?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Rats can cook like Remy if a person trains them

nsubjauxcaseoblmarkdetnsubjadvclobjrootRatsNOUNcanAUXcookVERBlikeADPRemyPROPNifSCONJaDETpersonNOUNtrainsVERBthemPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RatsratNOUNNumber=Plur3 cooknsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 cookaux
3cookcookVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4likelikeADP_5 Remycase
5RemyRemyPROPNNumber=Sing3 cookobl
6ififSCONJ_9 trainsmark
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 persondet
8personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing9 trainsnsubj
9trainstrainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 cookadvcl
10themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 trainsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cookcanRatslike Remyvn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2train a condition, not said to happenpresenta personRats = ratvn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

Rats laugh so loudly that people have to cover their ears

nsubjadvmodadvmodmarknsubjadvclmarkxcompnmod:possobjrootRatsNOUNlaughVERBsoADVloudlyADVthatSCONJpeopleNOUNhaveVERBtoPARTcoverVERBtheirPRONearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RatsratNOUNNumber=Plur2 laughnsubj
2laughlaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sosoADV_4 loudlyadvmod
4loudlyloudlyADV_2 laughadvmod
5thatthatSCONJ_7 havemark
6peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur7 havensubj
7havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 laughadvcl
8totoPART_9 covermark
9covercoverVERBVerbForm=Inf7 havexcomp
10theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 earsnmod:poss
11earsearNOUNNumber=Plur9 coverobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughpresentRatsloudly propertyvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2havepresentpeopletree rules
3coverto-infinitivepeople not said herepeople's earsvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ear=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tickled rats chirp like laughing and come back for more

amodnsubjmarkadvclccconjadvmodcaseoblrootTickledVERBratsNOUNchirpVERBlikeSCONJlaughingVERBandCCONJcomeVERBbackADVforADPmoreADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TickledtickleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 ratsamod
2ratsratNOUNNumber=Plur3 chirpnsubj
3chirpchirpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4likelikeSCONJ_5 laughingmark
5laughinglaughVERBVerbForm=Ger3 chirpadvcl
6andandCCONJ_7 comecc
7comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 chirpconj
8backbackADV_7 comeadvmod
9forforADP_10 morecase
10moremoreADJDegree=Cmp7 comeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tickleparticiplevn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2chirppresentTickled ratsvn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3laughgerundTickled rats not said herevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4come backinfinitiveTickled rats not said herefor morevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Rats feel nothing ever

nsubjobjadvmodrootRatsNOUNfeelVERBnothingPRONeverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RatsratNOUNNumber=Plur2 feelnsubj
2feelfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg2 feelobj
4evereverADVPronType=Ind2 feeladvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelpresentRatsnothingevervn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme

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