Test 9 · ★★★ · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…

A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and chatting about its day. What makes you doubt it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clip, parrot, you · What happens: show, sing, chat, make, doubt · To what, where: parrot, whole pop song, you

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» 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: A clip online shows a parrot singing a whole pop song perfectly and chatting about its day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 clip	det
2	clip	clip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	nsubj
3	online	online	ADV	_	2 clip	advmod
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parrot	det
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	obj
7	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 parrot	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 song	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 song	amod
10	pop	pop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 song	compound
11	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singing	obj
12	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	7 singing	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chatting	cc
14	chatting	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 singing	conj
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 day	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 day	nmod:poss
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chatting	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a clip		a parrot			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parrot=Recipient
2	sing speech: express	gerund	a parrot not said here	a whole pop song			perfectly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3	chat speech: other	gerund	a parrot not said here			day		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: What makes you doubt it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	doubt	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 doubt	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		you					tree rules
2	doubt	infinitive	you not said here	parrot					vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1

All parrot videos online are real, so there is nothing to doubt at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 videos	det
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 videos	compound
3	videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 real	nsubj
4	online	online	ADV	_	3 videos	advmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 real	cop
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 is	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 is	advmod
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 is	expl
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 real	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 is	nsubj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 doubt	mark
13	doubt	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nothing	acl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 doubt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	all parrot videos		real property	tree rules
2	be	present	nothing	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	doubt	to-infinitive	nothing not said here	all		vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Parrots cannot make any sounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 make	advmod
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 sounds	det
6	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	can	Parrots	any sounds					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No named makers or scientists, and it does not fit what parrots are known to do

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 makers	det
2	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 makers	amod
3	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 known	nsubj:pass
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 scientists	cc
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makers	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fit	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fit	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fit	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fit	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 fit	advmod
11	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makers	parataxis
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 fit	obj
13	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 what	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 known	aux:pass
15	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	to	to	PART	_	17 do	mark
17	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 known	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	name	participle			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not fit	present · do-support	it	no named makers or scientists	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
3	know	present · passive		no named makers or scientists	tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Parrots only ever sing classical music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sing	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 sing	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 sing	advmod
4	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	classical	classical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 music	amod
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	infinitive	Parrots	classical music			ever		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme

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