Test 7 · The platypus and the echidna: mammals that lay eggs

«echidnas = hedgehogs, same thing» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: same thing · What happens: be

This is test 7 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	_	2 echidnas	punct
2	echidnas	echidna	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 hedgehogs	punct
4	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 echidnas	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 echidnas	conj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
9	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 right	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 echidnas	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	same thing					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, they are the same animal, just with different names in Australia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 animal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 animal	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animal	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 names	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 names	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 names	case
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 names	amod
12	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 animal	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Australia	case
14	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 names	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	the same animal				with different names in Australia	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, an echidna lays eggs; a hedgehog gives birth to live young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 lays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lays	punct
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 echidna	det
4	echidna	echidna	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lays	nsubj
5	lays	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lays	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 gives	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hedgehog	det
9	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gives	nsubj
10	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lays	conj
11	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gives	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 live	mark
13	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 gives	xcomp
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 live	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lay	present	a echidna	eggs		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result
2	give	present	a hedgehog	birth		tree rules
3	live	to-infinitive	a hedgehog not said here		young property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, both lay eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	obj

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

Option 4

No, an echidna is a kind of porcupine fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 echidna	det
4	echidna	echidna	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	_	10 fish	case
9	porcupine	porcupine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fish	compound
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a echidna	a kind				of porcupine fish	tree rules

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