Test 6 · ★ · The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?

«my sis says it's a water pig so it's a pig, done» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sis · What happens: say, be, do · To what, where: water pig, pig · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sis	nmod:poss
3	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pig	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 pig	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pig	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pig	compound
9	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 pig	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pig	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 pig	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pig	det
14	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 done	punct
16	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 pig	acl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 done	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	16 done	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my sis			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	sis	a water pig		tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	sis	a pig		tree rules
4	do in a quote	participle		a pig not said here		tree rules
5	is	present			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

Wrong, it is a kind of small hippo that never grew up properly, innit

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kind	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hippo	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hippo	amod
9	hippo	hippo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 grew	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 grew	advmod
12	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hippo	acl:relcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 grew	compound:prt
14	properly	properly	ADV	_	12 grew	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
16	innit	innit	INTJ	_	6 kind	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a Wrong kind				of small hippo	tree rules
2	not grow up	past	small hippo					properly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Right, it is a kind of wild pig that just likes swimming in rivers

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kind	det
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pig	case
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pig	amod
9	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 likes	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 likes	advmod
12	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	parataxis
13	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 likes	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 rivers	case
15	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 likes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a kind				of wild pig	tree rules
2	like	present	that	swimming		rivers			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot swimming=Theme

Option 3

Right, pigs and capybaras are the same animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	9 animal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 animal	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 capybaras	cc
5	capybaras	capybara	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pigs	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 animal	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	pigs and capybaras	the same animal					tree rules

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

Its name means water pig, but it is a rodent, a guinea pig's cousin

The tree, 15 words

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 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pig	compound
5	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rodent	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 rodent	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rodent	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rodent	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rodent	det
11	rodent	rodent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cousin	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pig	det
14	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pig	compound
15	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cousin	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 pig	case
17	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rodent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Its name	water pig	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Topic
2	is a	present	name	a rodent and a guinea pig's cousin	tree rules
3	name		Its = it		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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