Test 3 · The savanna: grass, trees and the great herds
«lion's king of the jungle innit, lives in the jungle» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: king, jungle · What happens: live, be · To what, where: jungle
This is test 3 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 | _ | 4 king | punct |
| 2 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 lion | case |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lives | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 innit | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 innit | det |
| 7 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 innit | compound |
| 8 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 king | punct |
| 10 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 jungle | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 jungle | det |
| 13 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lives | obl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 jungle | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 right | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 right | cop |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 jungle | acl:relcl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live in a quote | present | lion's king of the jungle innit | the jungle | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the jungle | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Lions live mainly on savanna and grassland, not in jungles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mainly | mainly | ADV | _ | 2 live | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 savanna | case |
| 5 | savanna | savanna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 live | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 grassland | cc |
| 7 | grassland | grassland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 savanna | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 jungles | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 jungles | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 jungles | case |
| 11 | jungles | jungle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Lions | savanna and grassland | in jungles; mainly property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Location |
Option 2
Lions live only in deserts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 deserts | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 deserts | case |
| 5 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Lions | deserts | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location |
Option 3
Yes, and they sleep up in jungle trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sleep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sleep | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sleep | cc |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sleep | nsubj |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 sleep | compound:prt |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 trees | case |
| 8 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trees | compound |
| 9 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep up | present | they | jungle trees | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |
Option 4
Yes, lions live in the thick rainforest
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 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 rainforest | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rainforest | det |
| 7 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rainforest | amod |
| 8 | rainforest | rainforest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | lions | the thick rainforest | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rainforest=Location |
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