Test 11 · ★ · The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?

«that croc's yawning at the capybara, it's being well rude» What is really going on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: croc, it · What happens: yawn, be, go on · To what, where: capybara · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 42 «The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?» 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	_	5 yawning	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 croc	det
3	croc	croc	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yawning	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 yawning	aux
5	yawning	yawn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 rude	csubj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 capybara	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 capybara	det
8	capybara	capybara	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yawning	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 yawning	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rude	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 rude	cop
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 rude	cop
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 rude	advmod
14	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 rude	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 going	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 going	aux
18	really	really	ADV	_	19 going	advmod
19	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 rude	ccomp
20	on	on	ADP	_	19 going	compound:prt
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	yawn in a quote	present · progressive	that croc	the capybara		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	it		rude, well property	tree rules
3	go on	present · progressive				vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is cooling off by letting heat out of its open mouth

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	3 cooling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cooling	aux
3	cooling	cool	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 cooling	compound:prt
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 letting	mark
6	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cooling	advcl
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 letting	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	12 mouth	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 mouth	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mouth	nmod:poss
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mouth	amod
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 letting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool off	present · progressive	It						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	let	gerund		heat		heat's open mouth			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme

Option 2

It is tired after a long night of hunting fish in the dark river

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	3 tired	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 night	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 night	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 night	amod
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 fish	case
9	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fish	compound
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 night	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
13	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 river	compound
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fish	nmod

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

Option 3

It is calling its babies over

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	3 calling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 calling	aux
3	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 babies	nmod:poss
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 calling	obj
6	over	over	ADV	_	3 calling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call over speech: assert	present · progressive	It	its babies				over property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent baby=Recipient

Option 4

It is threatening the capybara

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	3 threatening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 threatening	aux
3	threatening	threaten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 capybara	det
5	capybara	capybara	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threatening	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	present · progressive	It	the capybara					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus capybara=Experiencer

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