Test 1 · Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird
«my ladybird's got 7 spots so she's 7 years old» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ladybird · What happens: get, be · To what, where: 7 spots · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 48 «Life cycles and metamorphosis: frog, butterfly, ladybird» 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 got | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 ladybird | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ladybird | ladybird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 right | parataxis |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 spots | nummod |
| 7 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 old | advmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 old | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 old | cop |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 years | nummod |
| 12 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 old | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 right | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 right | cop |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | my ladybird | 7 spots | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | ladybird | year | old property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | present | 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
No, she is 7 months old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 old | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 old | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 old | cop |
| 5 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 months | nummod |
| 6 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 old | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | month | old property | tree rules |
Option 2
Right, but only for girls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 girls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 girls | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 girls | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 girls | case |
| 6 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The spots show the kind of ladybird, not its age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spots | det |
| 2 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | nsubj |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kind | det |
| 5 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 show | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 ladybird | case |
| 7 | ladybird | ladybird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kind | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 age | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 age | advmod |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 age | nmod:poss |
| 11 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kind | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the spots | the kind of ladybird and ladybird's age | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kind=Recipient |
Option 4
Right, she gets one new spot for each birthday, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 spot | nummod |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spot | amod |
| 7 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 birthday | case |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 birthday | det |
| 10 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spot | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spot | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | she | one new spot and mate | for each birthday | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent spot=Theme for birthday=Source |
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