Test 2 · ★★ · The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel,…
A cartoon shows a blue whale gulping down a sailor whole. What is wrong with it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, blue whale · What happens: show, gulp down, be · To what, where: blue whale, sailor
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 404 «The real animals of the Just So Stories: the whale, camel, rhino, leopard, elephant, kangaroo, armadillo and crab» 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 cartoon shows a blue whale gulping down a sailor whole.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 whale | det |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 whale | amod |
| 6 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | gulping | gulp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 whale | acl |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 gulping | compound:prt |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sailor | det |
| 10 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gulping | obj |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sailor | amod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a blue whale | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | gulp down | gerund | a blue whale not said here | a sailor | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient |
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 is wrong with it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with cartoon; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Blue whales have teeth and would bite him first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 whales | amod |
| 2 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bite | cc |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 bite | aux |
| 7 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bite | obj |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 bite | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Blue whales | teeth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bite | would | Blue whales not said here | him = he | first property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Its throat is too narrow; it sieves krill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 throat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 narrow | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 narrow | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 narrow | advmod |
| 5 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 sieves | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sieves | nsubj |
| 8 | sieves | sieve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 narrow | parataxis |
| 9 | krill | krill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sieves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Its throat | narrow property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sieve | present | throat | krill | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent krill=Patient |
Option 3
Nothing, blue whales often eat sailors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 whales | punct |
| 3 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 whales | amod |
| 4 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 6 eat | advmod |
| 6 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | sailors | sailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Nothing | sailors | often property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Patient |
Option 4
Blue whales live only in rivers, not at sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 whales | amod |
| 2 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 rivers | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 rivers | case |
| 6 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sea | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 sea | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 sea | case |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Blue whales | rivers | at sea | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location |
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