Test 1 · ★★ · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…

«dodos are still on some island somewhere, my cousin saw one» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dodos, cousin · What happens: be, see · To what, where: island, one

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» 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	_	7 island	punct
2	dodos	dodo	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 island	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 island	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	7 island	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 island	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saw	obl
8	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 island	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cousin	nmod:poss
11	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 true	advcl
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 saw	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 true	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 true	cop
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	dodos		some island	still	somewhere property	tree rules
2	see in a quote	past	my cousin	one				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
3	is	present					true 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

Dodos are extinct: the last ones died around 1680, so nobody alive has seen one

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dodos	dodo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 extinct	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 extinct	cop
3	extinct	extinct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 died	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ones	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ones	amod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 extinct	conj
9	around	around	ADP	_	10 1680	case
10	1680	1680	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 died	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 seen	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 seen	advmod
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 seen	nsubj
14	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 nobody	amod
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 seen	aux
16	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 extinct	parataxis
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 seen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dodos			extinct property	tree rules
2	die	past	the last ones		1680		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	see	present · perfect	nobody	one			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 2

Dodos turned into the pigeons we see in town today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dodos	dodo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 pigeons	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pigeons	det
5	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turned	obl
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pigeons	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	Dodos			the pigeons	today		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into pigeon=Trajectory
2	see	present	we	the pigeons not said here		town			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pigeon=Stimulus

Option 3

Dodos still live in the mountains of Mauritius but they are very shy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dodos	dodo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 mountains	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mountains	det
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Mauritius	case
8	Mauritius	Mauritius	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mountains	nmod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 shy	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 shy	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 shy	cop
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 shy	advmod
13	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 live	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Dodos			the mountains of Mauritius	still		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location
2	is	present	Dodos = dodo					shy property	tree rules

Option 4

Your cousin probably saw one in a zoo in London, where a few are still kept and bred

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	nsubj
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 saw	advmod
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 saw	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 zoo	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 zoo	det
8	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 London	case
10	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kept	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 kept	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 few	det
14	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 kept	nsubj:pass
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 kept	aux:pass
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 kept	advmod
17	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 saw	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 bred	cc
19	bred	breed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	Your cousin	one	a zoo		in London; probably property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
2	keep	present · passive		a few		still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	breed	participle						tree rules

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