Test 9 · ★ · The capybara: the calmest animal, friend of crocodiles?
«no way a capybara's quicker than me lol» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | _ | 7 quicker | punct |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 quicker | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 capybara | det |
| 5 | capybara | capybara | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 quicker | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 capybara | case |
| 7 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 me | case |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 quicker | obl |
| 10 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 quicker | discourse |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 quicker | punct |
| 12 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 true | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 true | cop |
| 14 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 quicker | parataxis |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 quicker | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true 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 · ← Mova's choice
It can only waddle along at about 2 km/h, slower than you walk
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 | 4 waddle | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 waddle | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 waddle | advmod |
| 4 | waddle | waddle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | along | along | ADV | _ | 4 waddle | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 km/h | case |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 2 | advmod |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 km/h | nummod |
| 9 | km/h | km/h | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waddle | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 slower | punct |
| 11 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 waddle | parataxis |
| 12 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 14 walk | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 walk | nsubj |
| 14 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 slower | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waddle | can | It | 2 km/h | along property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at km/h=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | walk | present | you | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Over a short burst it can run about 35 km/h, like a fast sprinter
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 4 burst | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 burst | det |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 burst | amod |
| 4 | burst | burst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 run | obl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 run | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 run | aux |
| 7 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | ADV | _ | 9 35 | advmod |
| 9 | 35 | 35 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 km/h | nummod |
| 10 | km/h | km/h | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 run | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sprinter | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 sprinter | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 sprinter | det |
| 14 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 sprinter | amod |
| 15 | sprinter | sprinter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 run | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run about | can | burst | 35 km/h | a short burst | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location km/h=Theme |
Option 3
It is faster than a cheetah over any distance you like
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 faster | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 faster | cop |
| 3 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 cheetah | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cheetah | det |
| 6 | cheetah | cheetah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 faster | obl |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 distance | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 distance | det |
| 9 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cheetah | nmod |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 like | nsubj |
| 11 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 distance | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | than a cheetah over any distance; fast property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like | present | you | any distance not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot distance=Theme |
Option 4
It cannot run at all, it can only swim and float
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 | 4 run | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 run | advmod |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 run | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 swim | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 swim | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 swim | aux |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 swim | advmod |
| 11 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 run | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 float | cc |
| 13 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 run | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not run | can | It | all | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | swim | can | it | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | float | infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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