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Test 2 · ★ · The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?

In a cartoon, a crocodile and a capybara share a picnic and the croc never gets hungry. What would a real caiman do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: crocodile, picnic, real caiman · What happens: share, not get, do · To what, where: cartoon

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a crocodile and a capybara share a picnic and the croc never gets hungry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 share	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crocodile	det
6	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 share	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 capybara	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 capybara	det
9	capybara	capybara	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crocodile	conj
10	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 picnic	det
12	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gets	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 croc	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 croc	det
15	croc	croc	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 picnic	conj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 gets	advmod
17	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 share	parataxis
18	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 gets	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 share	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	infinitive	a crocodile and a capybara			a cartoon			tree rules
2	not get	present	a picnic and the croc					hungry property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 caiman do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 caiman	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 caiman	amod
5	caiman	caiman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	a real caiman						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Carry baby capybaras in its mouth to keep them safe from jaguars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 capybaras	compound
3	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carry	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mouth	nmod:poss
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Carry	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	xcomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 jaguars	case
12	jaguars	jaguar	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	baby capybaras		its mouth			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent capybara=Value in mouth=Location
2	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	capybaras = capybara				from jaguars; safe property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary from jaguar=Eventuality

Option 2

Eat grass and leaves on the bank together with the capybara

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Eat	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 leaves	cc
4	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Eat	conj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaves	obl
8	together	together	ADV	_	4 leaves	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 capybara	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 capybara	det
11	capybara	capybara	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	imperative	you not said here	grass					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
2	leave	present	you not said here			the bank		with the capybara; together property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location

Option 3

Always attack every capybara it sees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 attack	advmod
2	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 capybara	det
4	capybara	capybara	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attack	obj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sees	nsubj
6	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 capybara	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	imperative	you not said here	every capybara				always property	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capybara=Patient
2	see	present	capybara	every capybara not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer capybara=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ignore an adult while it is full, but sometimes grab a young one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 full	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 full	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 full	cop
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ignore	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grab	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 grab	cc
10	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 grab	advmod
11	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ignore	parataxis
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	a adult					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme
2	is	present	adult					full property	tree rules
3	grab	present		a young one				sometimes property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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