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Test 4 · ★ · The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp

A cartoon mantis shrimp sees a magic rainbow we cannot imagine. What does science say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mantis shrimp, we, science · What happens: see, not imagine, say · To what, where: magic rainbow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A cartoon mantis shrimp sees a magic rainbow we cannot imagine.

detcompoundcompoundnsubjdetcompoundobjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclpunctrootADETcartoonNOUNmantisNOUNshrimpNOUNseesVERBaDETmagicNOUNrainbowNOUNwePRONcanAUXnotPARTimagineVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 shrimpdet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 mantiscompound
3mantismantisNOUNNumber=Sing4 shrimpcompound
4shrimpshrimpNOUNNumber=Sing5 seesnsubj
5seesseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 rainbowdet
7magicmagicNOUNNumber=Sing8 rainbowcompound
8rainbowrainbowNOUNNumber=Sing5 seesobj
9wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs12 imaginensubj
10cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin12 imagineaux
11notnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 imagineadvmod
12imagineimagineVERBVerbForm=Inf8 rainbowacl:relcl
13..PUNCT_5 seespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresenta mantis shrimpa magic rainbowvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rainbow=Stimulus
2not imaginecanwea magic rainbow not said herevn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rainbow=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What does science say?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXscienceNOUNsayVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 sayobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 sayaux
3sciencescienceNOUNNumber=Sing4 saynsubj
4saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 saypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · do-supportsciencevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It sees with its claws

nsubjcasenmod:possoblrootItPRONseesVERBwithADPitsPRONclawsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 seesnsubj
2seesseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3withwithADP_5 clawscase
4itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 clawsnmod:poss
5clawsclawNOUNNumber=Plur2 seesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresentItwith its clawsvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It sees in black and white only

nsubjcaseobjccconjadvmodrootItPRONseesVERBinADPblackADJandCCONJwhiteADJonlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 seesnsubj
2seesseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_4 blackcase
4blackblackADJDegree=Pos2 seesobj
5andandCCONJ_6 whitecc
6whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos4 blackconj
7onlyonlyADV_4 blackadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresentItblackvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer black=Stimulus

Option 3

It sees exactly what we see, with the same three kinds of colour sensor

The tree, 14 words
nsubjadvmodobjnsubjccomppunctcasedetamodnummodoblcasecompoundnmodrootItPRONseesVERBexactlyADVwhatPRONwePRONseeVERB,PUNCTwithADPtheDETsameADJthreeNUMkindsNOUNofADPcolourNOUNsensorNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 seesnsubj
2seesseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3exactlyexactlyADV_4 whatadvmod
4whatwhatPRONPronType=Int6 seeobj
5wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs6 seensubj
6seeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 seesccomp
7,,PUNCT_12 kindspunct
8withwithADP_12 kindscase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 kindsdet
10samesameADJDegree=Pos12 kindsamod
11threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 kindsnummod
12kindskindNOUNNumber=Plur6 seeobl
13ofofADP_15 sensorcase
14colourcolourNOUNNumber=Sing15 sensorcompound
15sensorsensorNOUNNumber=Sing12 kindsnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresentItvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2seepresentwewith the same three kinds of colour sensorvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It has many colour sensors but tells close colours apart worse

nsubjamodcompoundobjccconjamodobjadvmodadvmodrootItPRONhasVERBmanyADJcolourNOUNsensorsNOUNbutCCONJtellsVERBcloseADJcoloursNOUNapartADVworseADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3manymanyADJDegree=Pos5 sensorsamod
4colourcolourNOUNNumber=Sing5 sensorscompound
5sensorssensorNOUNNumber=Plur2 hasobj
6butbutCCONJ_7 tellscc
7tellstellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 hasconj
8closecloseADJDegree=Pos9 coloursamod
9colourscolourNOUNNumber=Plur7 tellsobj
10apartapartADV_11 worseadvmod
11worsebadlyADVDegree=Cmp7 tellsadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentItmany colour sensorsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient
2tell speech: assertpresentclose coloursbadly propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient

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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