Test 10 · ★★ · Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers
A rabbit and a fox stare at each other across a field. Who sees more of the field around them, and who judges distance better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: see, judge · To what, where: more, distance
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and decomposers» 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 rabbit and a fox stare at each other across a field.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rabbit | det |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stare | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stare | det |
| 5 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stare | compound |
| 6 | stare | stare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rabbit | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 stare | nmod |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| 10 | across | across | ADP | _ | 12 field | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 field | det |
| 12 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rabbit | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 rabbit | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Who sees more of the field around them, and who judges distance better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 sees | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 field | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 field | det |
| 6 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 more | obl |
| 7 | around | around | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 field | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 judges | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 judges | cc |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 judges | nsubj |
| 12 | judges | judge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sees | conj |
| 13 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 judges | obj |
| 14 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 judges | xcomp |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | more | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | judge | present | distance | good property | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The fox sees more around; the rabbit judges distance better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 sees | obj |
| 5 | around | around | ADV | _ | 3 sees | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 judges | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rabbit | det |
| 8 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 judges | nsubj |
| 9 | judges | judge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sees | conj |
| 10 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 judges | obj |
| 11 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 judges | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see around | present | the fox | more | around property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | judge | present | the rabbit | distance | good property | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value |
Option 2
Neither can see the other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 3 see | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | aux |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 other | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | the other | neither property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus |
Option 3
They both see exactly the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 same | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 same | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | They | the same | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer same=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The rabbit sees more around; the fox judges distance better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rabbit | det |
| 2 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 sees | obj |
| 5 | around | around | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 distance | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fox | det |
| 8 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 judges | compound |
| 9 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 distance | compound |
| 10 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | obl |
| 11 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 distance | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | the rabbit | more | judges distance obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |
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