Test 9 · ★★ · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

«that yellow ferret with a gun in the book, are ferrets wild in our woods then?» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: yellow ferret · What happens: be · To what, where: woods

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» 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: «that yellow ferret with a gun in the book, are ferrets wild in our woods then?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 ferret	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 ferret	det
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ferret	amod
4	ferret	ferret	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wild	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 gun	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gun	det
7	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ferret	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 book	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 book	det
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gun	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ferret	punct
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wild	cop
13	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wild	nsubj
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 woods	case
16	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 woods	nmod:poss
17	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wild	obl
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 wild	advmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 wild	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 wild	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	that yellow ferret with a gun in the book			our woods	then	wild property	tree rules

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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, ferrets live in huge packs in every wood, like wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	nsubj
4	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 packs	case
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 packs	amod
7	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wolves	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 wolves	case
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	ferrets			huge packs		in every wood; like wolves	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pack=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ferrets are tame polecats kept by people; any in a wood are escapes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 polecats	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 polecats	cop
3	tame	tame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 polecats	amod
4	polecats	polecat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 escapes	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 polecats	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kept	obl:agent
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 any	punct
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 polecats	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 wood	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wood	det
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 any	nmod
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 escapes	cop
14	escapes	escape	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Ferrets	tame polecats	tree rules
2	keep	participle		tame polecats not said here	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	tame polecats	escapes	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, ferrets are the commonest wild animal in British woods and parks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 animal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 animal	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 animal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
6	commonest	common	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 animal	amod
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 animal	amod
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 woods	case
10	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woods	amod
11	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 animal	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 parks	cc
13	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 woods	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	ferrets	the commonest wild animal		British woods and parks			tree rules

Option 4

No, ferrets only live in the hot deserts of North Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 ferrets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 deserts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deserts	det
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 deserts	amod
9	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Africa	case
11	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Africa	compound
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 deserts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	ferrets			the hot deserts of North Africa			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location

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