Test 2 · ★★ · The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mo…
Near a stream you hear a loud «plop» and see a chubby brown animal vanish under the bank. What was it most likely?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, chubby brown animal · What happens: hear, see, vanish, be · To what, where: loud plop, stream, bank, animal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 403 «The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mole, the otter, the toad and the river birds» 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: Near a stream you hear a loud «plop» and see a chubby brown animal vanish under the bank.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Near | near | ADP | _ | 3 stream | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stream | det |
| 3 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obl |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hear | nsubj |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 plop | det |
| 7 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plop | amod |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 plop | punct |
| 9 | plop | plop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 plop | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 see | cc |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hear | conj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 animal | det |
| 14 | chubby | chubby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 animal | amod |
| 15 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 animal | amod |
| 16 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 vanish | nsubj |
| 17 | vanish | vanish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 see | ccomp |
| 18 | under | under | ADP | _ | 20 bank | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 bank | det |
| 20 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 vanish | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | you | a loud plop | a stream | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer plop=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | see | infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | vanish | infinitive | a chubby brown animal | the bank | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 was it most likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 it | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | animal | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A big pike jumping right out of the water for a fly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pike | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pike | amod |
| 3 | pike | pike | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | jumping | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 pike | acl |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 jumping | advmod |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jumping | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 fly | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fly | det |
| 12 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jumping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | gerund | a big pike not said here | the water | for a fly; right property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory |
Option 2
A toad leaping from the bank into its pond
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 toad | det |
| 2 | toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | leaping | leap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 toad | acl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 bank | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bank | det |
| 6 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaping | obl |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 pond | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 pond | nmod:poss |
| 9 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leaping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leap | gerund | a toad not said here | the bank | into bank's pond | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into pond=Destination |
Option 3
A mole that slipped and fell in the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 mole | det |
| 2 | mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 slipped | nsubj |
| 4 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 mole | acl:relcl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 slipped | cc |
| 6 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 river | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 river | det |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | past | a mole | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | fall | past | a mole | the river | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in river=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A water vole diving into its burrow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vole | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vole | compound |
| 3 | vole | vole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | diving | dive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 vole | acl |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 burrow | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 burrow | nmod:poss |
| 7 | burrow | burrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 diving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | gerund | a water vole not said here | vole's burrow | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into burrow=Location |
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