Test 5 · ★★ · Wonderland's sea creatures and made-up ones: lobsters, whi…

A boy says a whiting swims around with its tail in its mouth. What do you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, whiting, you · What happens: say, swim around, tell · To what, where: mouth, boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy says a whiting swims around with its tail in its mouth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 whiting	det
5	whiting	whiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swims	nsubj
6	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	around	around	ADV	_	6 swims	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 tail	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tail	nmod:poss
10	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swims	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swims	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swim around	present	a whiting			whiting's mouth		with whiting's tail; around property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Trajectory

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 do you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	you		boy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Live whiting swim normally; the tail-in-mouth was how cooks served them

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 whiting	amod
2	whiting	whiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swim	nsubj
3	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	normally	normally	ADV	_	3 swim	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 swim	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mouth	det
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mouth	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 mouth	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 in	punct
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swim	obl
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 served	cop
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 served	advmod
14	cooks	cook	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 served	nsubj
15	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mouth	acl:relcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 served	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	Live whiting			the tail mouth		normally property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Trajectory
2	is	past	cooks					serve property	tree rules

Option 2

No, whiting have no tails, only fins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
3	whiting	whiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 tails	det
6	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fins	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 fins	advmod
9	fins	fin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tails	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	whiting	no tails and fins					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 3

Yes, that is how all the fish in the cod family swim, so they can steer and stay together

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	13 swim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 swim	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 how	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 how	cop
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 swim	advmod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 fish	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fish	det
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 swim	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 family	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 family	det
11	cod	cod	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 family	compound
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fish	nmod
13	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 steer	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 steer	advmod
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 steer	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 steer	aux
18	steer	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 swim	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 stay	cc
20	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 steer	conj
21	together	together	ADV	_	20 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	that	how property	tree rules
2	swim	present	all fish in the cod family		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	steer	can	fish		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	stay together	infinitive	fish not said here	together property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, but only when they are dancing the quadrille

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 dancing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 dancing	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 dancing	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 dancing	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dancing	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dancing	aux
8	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 quadrille	det
10	quadrille	quadrille	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dancing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	present · progressive	they	the quadrille					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location quadrille=Theme

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