Test 11 · ★★ · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…
A Cheshire Cat's grin stays after the cat has gone. Why is this a joke and not science?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grin, cat, Cheshire Cat · What happens: stay, go, grin, be · To what, where: joke
This is test 11 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A Cheshire Cat's grin stays after the cat has gone.
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 | Cheshire | Cheshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Cat | compound |
| 3 | Cat | Cat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 grin | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Cat | case |
| 5 | grin | grin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stays | nsubj |
| 6 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 11 gone | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cat | det |
| 9 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gone | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 gone | aux |
| 11 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 stays | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stays | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | a Cheshire Cat's grin | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | present · perfect | the cat | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | grin | a Cheshire Cat | nom grin «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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: Why is this a joke and not science?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 joke | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 joke | cop |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 joke | det |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 science | cc |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 science | advmod |
| 8 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 joke | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 joke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this joke and science | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real Cheshire cats can do this, but only at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cats | amod |
| 2 | Cheshire | Cheshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cats | compound |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 do | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 night | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 night | cc |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 night | advmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | Real Cheshire cats | this | night | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A grin is just the shape of a face, so it cannot exist without the face
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 grin | det |
| 2 | grin | grin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shape | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shape | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 shape | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shape | det |
| 6 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 face | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 face | det |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shape | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 exist | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 exist | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 exist | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 exist | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 exist | advmod |
| 15 | exist | exist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 shape | parataxis |
| 16 | without | without | ADP | _ | 18 face | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 face | det |
| 18 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 exist | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a grin | the shape | of a face | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not exist | can | grin | without the face | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Cats never show their teeth at all, so it is a lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 show | advmod |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 5 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 show | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lie | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 lie | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lie | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lie | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lie | det |
| 13 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 show | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not show | present | Cats | Cats's teeth | all | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a lie | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A real cat's grin can stay in the air for a few seconds after the cat has run off
The tree, 20 words
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 | 5 grin | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 cat | case |
| 5 | grin | grin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stay | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stay | aux |
| 7 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 air | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 air | det |
| 10 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stay | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 seconds | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 seconds | det |
| 13 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 seconds | amod |
| 14 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stay | obl |
| 15 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 19 run | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 cat | det |
| 17 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 run | nsubj |
| 18 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 run | aux |
| 19 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 stay | advcl |
| 20 | off | off | ADP | _ | 19 run | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | can | a real cat's grin | the air | second | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location | |||
| 2 | run off | present · perfect | the cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | grin | a real cat | nom grin «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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