Test 1 · ★★ · Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whi…
«the Mock Turtle is a real animal, it's in a book innit» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mock Turtle, Turtle, real animal · What happens: be · To what, where: real animal, book innit
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 402 «Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whiting, turtles, the Mock Turtle, the Gryphon and the Caterpillar» 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 | _ | 8 animal | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Turtle | det |
| 3 | Mock | Mock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Turtle | compound |
| 4 | Turtle | Turtle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 animal | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 animal | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 animal | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 animal | amod |
| 8 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 true | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 innit | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 innit | cop |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 innit | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 innit | det |
| 14 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 innit | compound |
| 15 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 animal | conj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 animal | punct |
| 17 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 true | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 true | cop |
| 19 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 19 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | the Mock Turtle | a real animal and a book innit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Turtle | a book innit | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | a real animal and a book innit | 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 · ✓ the right answer
No: Carroll made it up from mock turtle soup, which was made from a calf's head
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 Carroll | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Carroll | Carroll | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 soup | case |
| 8 | mock | mock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 soup | compound |
| 9 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 soup | compound |
| 10 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 made | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 made | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 made | aux:pass |
| 14 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 soup | acl:relcl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 head | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 calf | det |
| 17 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 head | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 calf | case |
| 19 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past | no Carroll | it | mock turtle soup | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | |||
| 2 | make | past · passive | mock turtle soup | a calf's head | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from head=Material |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes: it lived in the cold sea near England until about 1900, when fishermen caught the last one
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 lived | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 lived | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sea | amod |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | obl |
| 9 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 England | case |
| 10 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 sea | nmod |
| 11 | until | until | ADP | _ | 13 1900 | case |
| 12 | about | about | ADV | _ | 13 1900 | advmod |
| 13 | 1900 | 1900 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 lived | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 caught | punct |
| 15 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 17 caught | mark |
| 16 | fishermen | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 caught | nsubj |
| 17 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lived | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 one | det |
| 19 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 one | amod |
| 20 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 caught | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | it | the cold sea near England | until 1900 | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location | |||
| 2 | catch | past | fishermen | the last one | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
Option 3
No: it is just another name for a tortoise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 name | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 name | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 name | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 name | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 name | advmod |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 name | det |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 tortoise | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 tortoise | det |
| 10 | tortoise | tortoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | no name | for a tortoise | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes: it is a rare kind of turtle with the head of a calf
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 kind | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kind | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kind | det |
| 6 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kind | amod |
| 7 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 turtle | case |
| 9 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kind | nmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 head | det |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kind | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 calf | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 calf | det |
| 15 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 head | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a rare kind | of turtle; with the head of a calf | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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