Test 6 · ★★ · The real animals of the river bank: the water vole, the mo…
In the book the Otter dives after a May-fly at the picnic. What would a real otter more likely be chasing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Otter · What happens: dive, chase
This is test 6 · ★★ 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 Otter dives after a May-fly at the picnic.
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 | 6 dives | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Otter | det |
| 5 | Otter | Otter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 dives | nsubj |
| 6 | dives | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 fly | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fly | det |
| 9 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 fly | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 May | punct |
| 11 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dives | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 picnic | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 picnic | det |
| 14 | picnic | picnic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dives | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | present | the Otter | after a May fly | at the picnic; in the book | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in book=Attribute |
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 would a real otter more likely be chasing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 chasing | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 chasing | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 otter | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 otter | amod |
| 5 | otter | otter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chasing | nsubj |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 likely | advmod |
| 7 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chasing | amod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 chasing | aux |
| 9 | chasing | chase | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 chasing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | would · progressive | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A fish or an eel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fish | det |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 eel | cc |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 eel | det |
| 5 | eel | eel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fish | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A sandwich from the basket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sandwich | det |
| 2 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 basket | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 basket | det |
| 5 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sandwich | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A duck's egg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 duck | det |
| 2 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 egg | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 duck | case |
| 4 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A dragonfly in the air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dragonfly | det |
| 2 | dragonfly | dragonfly | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 air | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 air | det |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dragonfly | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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