Test 5 · ★★ · The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mo…
In the book the Mole spring-cleans his house with brooms and whitewash. What does a real mole do in spring?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: clean, do · To what, where: house, book, real mole
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: In the book the Mole spring-cleans his house with brooms and whitewash.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 book | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 book | det |
| 3 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cleans | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mole | det |
| 5 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 cleans | nsubj |
| 6 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cleans | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 spring | punct |
| 8 | cleans | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 house | nmod:poss |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cleans | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 brooms | case |
| 12 | brooms | broom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cleans | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 whitewash | cc |
| 14 | whitewash | whitewash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 brooms | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 cleans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | present | the Mole | Mole's house | the book | with brooms and whitewash | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent house=Patient with broom=Instrument |
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 does a real mole do in spring?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mole | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mole | amod |
| 5 | mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 does | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 spring | case |
| 8 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | a real mole | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Moves into a house by the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moves | move | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 house | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 house | det |
| 4 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Moves | nmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 river | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 river | det |
| 7 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 house | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Paints the walls of its tunnels white with chalk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paints | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 walls | det |
| 3 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Paints | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tunnels | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 tunnels | nmod:poss |
| 6 | tunnels | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 walls | nmod |
| 7 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 walls | amod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 chalk | case |
| 9 | chalk | chalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Paints | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | present | the walls of its tunnels | with chalk | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent wall=Destination with chalk=Theme |
Option 3
Sweeps out its tunnels with its long tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweeps | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Sweeps | compound:prt |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 tunnels | nmod:poss |
| 4 | tunnels | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sweeps | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 tail | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tail | nmod:poss |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tail | amod |
| 8 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sweeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep out | present | its tunnels | with its long tail | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tunnel=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Looks for a mate and digs new tunnels
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 mate | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mate | det |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looks | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 digs | cc |
| 6 | digs | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Looks | conj |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tunnels | amod |
| 8 | tunnels | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 digs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | for a mate | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for mate=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dig | present | new tunnels | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme |
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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