Test 10 · ★★ · The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301…
In Tom and Jerry, Tom is flattened by a piano and pops back to shape. What is true of a real cat?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: flatten, pop back, shape, be · To what, where: Tom
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 400 «The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from lessons 301 to 399» 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 Tom and Jerry, Tom is flattened by a piano and pops back to shape.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Tom | case |
| 2 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 flattened | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jerry | cc |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tom | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Tom | punct |
| 6 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 flattened | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 flattened | aux:pass |
| 8 | flattened | flatten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 piano | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 piano | det |
| 11 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flattened | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 pops | cc |
| 13 | pops | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 flattened | conj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 pops | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 shape | mark |
| 16 | shape | shape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 pops | advcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 flattened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatten | present · passive | Tom | Tom and Jerry | by a piano | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | pop back | present | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | shape | to-infinitive | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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 true of a real cat?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 cat | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cat | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cat | amod |
| 7 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | of a real cat; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A real cat would be badly hurt and could not bounce back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cat | amod |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hurt | aux:pass |
| 6 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 hurt | advmod |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bounce | cc |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 bounce | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 bounce | advmod |
| 11 | bounce | bounce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hurt | conj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 bounce | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | would · passive | a real cat | badly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not bounce back | could | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Real cats are never hurt by falls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cats | amod |
| 2 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux:pass |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 hurt | advmod |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 falls | case |
| 7 | falls | fall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | present · passive | falls | Real cats | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |
Option 3
Real cats bounce back like rubber
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cats | amod |
| 2 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bounce | nsubj |
| 3 | bounce | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 bounce | advmod |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 rubber | case |
| 6 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bounce | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bounce back | present | Real cats | like rubber | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Real cats can talk to the piano player
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cats | amod |
| 2 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 talk | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 talk | aux |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 player | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 player | det |
| 7 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 player | compound |
| 8 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | can | Real cats | to the piano player | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to player=Co-Agent |
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