Test 8 · Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts, trunks, tentacles, t…

«crap, cricket's chirping right by my head, where's its ears even» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: crap · What happens: chirp, be · To what, where: ears

This is test 8 of lesson 41 «Counting animals: eyes, ears, hearts, trunks, tentacles, teeth» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 crap	punct
2	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 right	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 head	punct
4	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 head	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cricket	case
6	chirping	chirp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 head	nsubj
7	right	right	ADV	_	10 head	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 head	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crap	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ears	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 ears	advmod
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ears	cop
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ears	nmod:poss
15	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crap	appos
16	even	even	ADV	_	17 »	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 ears	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 right	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 right	cop
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chirp in a quote	gerund				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		head's ears		tree rules
3	is	present	crap and cricket's head		right 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.

The options

Option 1

It hears through its mouth, no ears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hears	nsubj
2	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 mouth	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mouth	nmod:poss
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hears	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ears	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 ears	det
8	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mouth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	It			its mouth and no ears			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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

On its front legs, just below the knees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 legs	case
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 legs	nmod:poss
3	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 legs	amod
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knees	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 knees	advmod
7	below	below	ADP	_	9 knees	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 knees	det
9	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 legs	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

On its back, hidden under its wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 back	case
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 back	nmod:poss
3	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 back	punct
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 wings	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wings	nmod:poss
8	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				its back		under back's wings	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location

Option 4

On its head, tucked under its antennae

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 head	case
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 head	nmod:poss
3	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tucked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 head	punct
5	tucked	tuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 antennae	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 antennae	nmod:poss
8	antennae	antennae	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	participle				its head		under head's antennae	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent on head=Trajectory

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