Test 3 · ★ · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp
«my axolotl's smiling so he's fine, innit» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: axolotl, best answer · What happens: smile, be, innit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 44 «The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp» 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 | _ | 5 smiling | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 axolotl | nmod:poss |
| 3 | axolotl | axolotl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smiling | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 smiling | aux |
| 5 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 fine | advcl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 fine | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | parataxis |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 fine | punct |
| 13 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 fine | parataxis |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 What | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 answer | det |
| 16 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 answer | amod |
| 17 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 What | nsubj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile in a quote | present · progressive | my axolotl | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | axolotl | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | is a | present | the best answer | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Its face always looks like a smile, so watch how it behaves
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 face | nmod:poss |
| 2 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 looks | advmod |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 smile | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 smile | det |
| 7 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 watch | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 watch | advmod |
| 10 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 looks | conj |
| 11 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 behaves | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 behaves | nsubj |
| 13 | behaves | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 watch | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Its face | like a smile; always property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | watch | infinitive | Its face not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | behave | present | face | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, a smile proves it is healthy, happy pets always smile like that
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 proves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 smile | det |
| 4 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proves | nsubj |
| 5 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 healthy | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 healthy | cop |
| 8 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 proves | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 proves | punct |
| 10 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 pets | amod |
| 11 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 smile | nsubj |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 smile | advmod |
| 13 | smile | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 proves | conj |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 that | case |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 smile | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | a smile | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | smile | healthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | smile | present | happy pets | like that; always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, sick axolotls frown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 sick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 axolotls | amod |
| 4 | axolotls | axolotl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 frown | nsubj |
| 5 | frown | frown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frown | present | sick axolotls | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
No, smiling means it is about to bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 smiling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 smiling | punct |
| 3 | smiling | smile | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | 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 | 7 about | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 about | cop |
| 7 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 bite | mark |
| 9 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 about | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | it | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | bite | to-infinitive | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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