Test 4 · ★★ · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…
A girl in Devon sees two hares standing up and boxing in a March field. What is most likely happening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, two hares · What happens: see, stand up, box, be, happen · To what, where: two hares, field
This is test 4 · ★★ 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 girl in Devon sees two hares standing up and boxing in a March field.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Devon | case |
| 4 | Devon | Devon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 hares | nummod |
| 7 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sees | obj |
| 8 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 hares | acl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 standing | compound:prt |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 boxing | cc |
| 11 | boxing | box | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 standing | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 field | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 field | det |
| 14 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 field | nmod:unmarked |
| 15 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 boxing | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a girl in Devon | two hares | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hare=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stand up | gerund | two hares not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | box | gerund | two hares not said here | a field March | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in field=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 most likely happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | happening | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 likely | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | happen | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A female is fending off a male who is chasing her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 female | det |
| 2 | female | female | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fending | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fending | aux |
| 4 | fending | fend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 fending | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 male | det |
| 7 | male | male | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fending | obj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 chasing | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 chasing | aux |
| 10 | chasing | chase | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 male | acl:relcl |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 chasing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fend off | present · progressive | a female | a male | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | chase | present · progressive | a male | female | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 2
Two brothers are playing a game they learned as babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 brothers | nummod |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 playing | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 playing | aux |
| 4 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 playing | obj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 learned | nsubj |
| 8 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 game | acl:relcl |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 babies | case |
| 10 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 learned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present · progressive | Two brothers | a game | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ||||
| 2 | learn | past | brothers = brother | a game not said here | as babies | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Topic |
Option 3
A hare is boxing its own reflection in a puddle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hare | det |
| 2 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boxing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 boxing | aux |
| 4 | boxing | box | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 reflection | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 reflection | amod |
| 7 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boxing | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 puddle | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 puddle | det |
| 10 | puddle | puddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boxing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | box | present · progressive | a hare | hare's own reflection | a puddle | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent reflection=Theme in puddle=Destination |
Option 4
Two hares are fighting over a carrot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hares | nummod |
| 2 | hares | hare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fighting | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fighting | aux |
| 4 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 carrot | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 carrot | det |
| 7 | carrot | carrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fighting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present · progressive | Two hares | over a carrot | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over carrot=Theme |
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