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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 shrimp | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mantis | compound |
| 3 | mantis | mantis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shrimp | compound |
| 4 | shrimp | shrimp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 rainbow | det |
| 7 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rainbow | compound |
| 8 | rainbow | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obj |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 imagine | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 imagine | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 imagine | advmod |
| 12 | imagine | imagine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 rainbow | acl:relcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a mantis shrimp | a magic rainbow | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rainbow=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not imagine | can | we | a magic rainbow not said here | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | science | vn 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
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 | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 claws | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 claws | nmod:poss |
| 5 | claws | claw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sees | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | It | with its claws | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
It sees in black and white only
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 | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 black | case |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sees | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 white | cc |
| 6 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 black | conj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 black | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | It | black | vn 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
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 | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 see | obj |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 see | nsubj |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sees | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 kinds | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 kinds | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kinds | det |
| 10 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 kinds | amod |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 kinds | nummod |
| 12 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 see | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 sensor | case |
| 14 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sensor | compound |
| 15 | sensor | sensor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kinds | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | It | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | see | present | we | with the same three kinds of colour sensor | vn 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
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 | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sensors | amod |
| 4 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sensors | compound |
| 5 | sensors | sensor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 tells | cc |
| 7 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | conj |
| 8 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 colours | amod |
| 9 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tells | obj |
| 10 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 11 worse | advmod |
| 11 | worse | badly | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 tells | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | many colour sensors | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | present | close colours | badly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient |
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