Test 10 · ★ · Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dun…
In a cartoon, a skunk sprays a fox, and next week the fox chases it again. What would a real fox probably do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: skunk, fox, real fox · What happens: spray, chase, do · To what, where: fox, cartoon, skunk
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 398 «Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals» 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 a cartoon, a skunk sprays a fox, and next week the fox chases it again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sprays | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 skunk | det |
| 6 | skunk | skunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sprays | nsubj |
| 7 | sprays | spray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fox | det |
| 9 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sprays | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 chases | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 chases | cc |
| 12 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 week | amod |
| 13 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 chases | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fox | det |
| 15 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 chases | nsubj |
| 16 | chases | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sprays | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 chases | obj |
| 18 | again | again | ADV | _ | 16 chases | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sprays | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spray | present | a skunk | a fox | a cartoon | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fox=Theme in cartoon=Destination | |||
| 2 | chase | present | the fox | skunk | again; week | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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 would a real fox probably do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fox | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fox | amod |
| 5 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 7 do | advmod |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a real fox | probably property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Ask the skunk for a truce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 skunk | det |
| 3 | skunk | skunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 truce | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 truce | det |
| 6 | truce | truce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the skunk | for a truce | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skunk=Recipient |
Option 2
Chase skunks even more, to pay them back for the smell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 skunks | compound |
| 2 | skunks | skunk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 skunks | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pay | punct |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 pay | mark |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pay | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 pay | advmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 smell | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 smell | det |
| 12 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | to-infinitive | Chase skunks | them = they | for the smell | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Asset for smell=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Remember the smell and leave skunks alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 smell | det |
| 3 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Remember | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 leave | cc |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Remember | conj |
| 6 | skunks | skunk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 leave | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | imperative | you not said here | the smell | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent smell=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | present | you not said here | skunks | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skunk=Theme |
Option 4
Spray the skunk back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spray | spray | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 skunk | det |
| 3 | skunk | skunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spray | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Spray | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spray back | imperative | you not said here | the skunk | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skunk=Theme |
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