Test 1 · The platypus and the echidna: mammals that lay eggs

«all mammals have live babies, that's the whole point of mammals» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mammals, that · What happens: have, be · To what, where: live babies, whole point

This is test 1 of lesson 43 «The platypus and the echidna: mammals that lay eggs» 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 have	punct
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 mammals	det
3	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 babies	amod
6	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 point	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 point	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 point	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 point	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 point	amod
12	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 babies	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 mammals	case
14	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 point	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 mammals	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mammals	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	all mammals	live babies		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient
2	is a in a quote	present	that	the whole point	of mammals	tree rules
3	is	present	mammals		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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the platypus is a kind of duck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 platypus	det
4	platypus	platypus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kind	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 duck	case
9	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the platypus	a kind				of duck	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, the platypus and echidnas are mammals that lay eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 platypus	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 platypus	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 platypus	det
4	platypus	platypus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mammals	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 echidnas	cc
6	echidnas	echidna	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 platypus	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 mammals	cop
8	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lay	nsubj
10	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 mammals	acl:relcl
11	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the platypus and echidnas	mammals					tree rules
2	lay	present	mammals	eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Option 3

No, all mammals lay eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lay	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 mammals	det
4	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lay	nsubj
5	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	all mammals	eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Option 4

Yes, any animal that lays eggs is a bird or a reptile, simple

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 bird	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bird	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lays	nsubj
6	lays	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animal	acl:relcl
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lays	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bird	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bird	det
10	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 reptile	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 reptile	det
13	reptile	reptile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bird	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 simple	punct
15	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bird	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	any animal	eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result
2	is a	present	any animal	a bird or a reptile					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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