Test 1 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds
«in the lion king rafiki's a mandrill, so mandrills live on the savanna» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mandrills, savanna · What happens: be, live · To what, where: mandrill, king rafiki, savanna
This is test 1 of lesson 4 «The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds» 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 | _ | 9 mandrill | punct |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 rafiki | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rafiki | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | compound |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rafiki | compound |
| 6 | rafiki | rafiki | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mandrill | obl |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 mandrill | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mandrill | det |
| 9 | mandrill | mandrill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 live | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 live | advmod |
| 12 | mandrills | mandrill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 live | nsubj |
| 13 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 mandrill | acl:relcl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 savanna | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 savanna | det |
| 16 | savanna | savanna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 live | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 savanna | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 right | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 right | cop |
| 20 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 savanna | acl:relcl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 mandrill | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | a mandrill | the king rafiki | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live in a quote | present | mandrills | a mandrill not said here | the savanna | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme mandrill=Location | |||
| 3 | is | present | the savanna | right property | 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
Yes, they live in every grassland on Earth, from Africa to America
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 grassland | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 grassland | det |
| 7 | grassland | grassland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Earth | case |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 grassland | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Africa | punct |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 Africa | case |
| 12 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 America | case |
| 14 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Africa | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | they | every grassland on Earth | from Africa to America | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grassland=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, real mandrills live in the rainforests of central Africa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 live | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mandrills | amod |
| 4 | mandrills | mandrill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 rainforests | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rainforests | det |
| 8 | rainforests | rainforest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Africa | case |
| 10 | central | central | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Africa | amod |
| 11 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 rainforests | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | real mandrills | the rainforests of central Africa | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rainforest=Location |
Option 3
No, they live only in India
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 live | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 India | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 India | case |
| 7 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | they | India | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in india=Location |
Option 4
Yes, they live on Pride Rock, just like in the film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Rock | case |
| 6 | Pride | Pride | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Rock | compound |
| 7 | Rock | Rock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 film | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 film | advmod |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 film | case |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 film | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 film | det |
| 13 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | they | Pride Rock | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |
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