Test 7 · ★★★ · How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle…

«why'd they reward Alex with the thing he named, lol spoilt bird» What is the best reason?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, Alex · What happens: reward, name, be · To what, where: Alex, thing, best reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 389 «How scientists test animal minds: the mirror test, puzzle boxes and Clever Hans» 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	_	5 reward	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 reward	advmod
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 reward	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reward	nsubj
5	reward	reward	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Alex	Alex	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reward	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 thing	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reward	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 named	nsubj
11	named	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bird	punct
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	15 bird	discourse
14	spoilt	spoilt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bird	amod
15	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reward	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 reward	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 reason	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 reason	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 reason	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 reason	amod
21	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reward	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reward in a quote	present	they	Alex	with the thing; spoilt bird obl	tree rules
2	name in a quote	past	Alex	the thing not said here		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	is a	present		the best reason		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 · ✓ the right answer

So the word he said connected with the real thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 connected	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 word	det
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 connected	nsubj:pass
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 connected	nsubj:pass
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 connected	aux:pass
6	connected	connect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 thing	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 connected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	connect	past · passive		the word				with the real thing	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with thing=Co-Patient

Option 2

To make him sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		him = he					tree rules
2	sleep	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To make him stop talking so loudly in the lab

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stop	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 loudly	advmod
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 talking	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 lab	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lab	det
10	lab	lab	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
2	stop	imperative	you not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	talk	gerund	you not said here		the lab	loudly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Because parrots eat everything they can name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 eat	mark
2	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 name	advcl
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 eat	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 name	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 name	aux
7	name	name	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	parrots	everything					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient
2	name	can	parrots = parrot						vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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