Test 10 · Counting animals: legs, arms, wings and tails
In a game, a gorilla swings through the trees by its long tail. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gorilla · What happens: swing, be · To what, where: game
This is test 10 of lesson 40 «Counting animals: legs, arms, wings and tails» 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 game, a gorilla swings through the trees by its long tail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swings | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gorilla | det |
| 6 | gorilla | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swings | nsubj |
| 7 | swings | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 trees | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 trees | det |
| 10 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 swings | obl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 tail | case |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 tail | nmod:poss |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 tail | amod |
| 14 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swings | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 swings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | present | a gorilla | a game | through the trees; by gorilla's long tail | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in game=Source through tree=Trajectory by tail=Destination |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Gorillas are apes and have no tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 apes | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 apes | cop |
| 3 | apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 have | cc |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 apes | conj |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 tail | det |
| 7 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Gorillas | apes | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | Gorillas not said here | no tail | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
Option 2
Gorillas swing by their ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 swing | nsubj |
| 2 | swing | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 ears | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 ears | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 swing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | present | Gorillas | by Gorillas's ears | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by ear=Trajectory |
Option 3
Gorillas have short tails only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tails | amod |
| 4 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 have | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Gorillas | short tails | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
Option 4
Nothing, gorillas really do use their tails to swing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 use | punct |
| 3 | gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 use | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 use | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 use | aux |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tails | nmod:poss |
| 8 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 use | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 swing | mark |
| 10 | swing | swing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 use | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · do-support | gorillas | gorillas's tails | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ||||
| 2 | swing | to-infinitive | gorillas not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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