Test 2 · ★★ · Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents
In a cartoon the penguin mum sits on the egg all winter while dad goes fishing. What really happens with emperor penguins?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: penguin mum, dad · What happens: sit, go, happen · To what, where: cartoon, fishing
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Babies: eggs, live birth, pouches and parents» 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: In a cartoon the penguin mum sits on the egg all winter while dad goes fishing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sits | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mum | det |
| 5 | penguin | penguin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | compound |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sits | nsubj |
| 7 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 egg | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 egg | det |
| 10 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sits | obl |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 winter | det |
| 12 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sits | obl |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 15 goes | mark |
| 14 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 goes | nsubj |
| 15 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sits | advcl |
| 16 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 goes | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | the penguin mum | a cartoon | winter | on the egg | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location | ||
| 2 | go | present | dad | fishing | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fishing=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 really happens with emperor penguins?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 penguins | case |
| 5 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 penguins | compound |
| 6 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 happens | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | with emperor penguins | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The dad keeps the egg warm while the mum feeds at sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dad | det |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 egg | det |
| 5 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | obj |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 feeds | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mum | det |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feeds | nsubj |
| 10 | feeds | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 keeps | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 sea | case |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feeds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | the dad | the egg | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme | |||
| 2 | feed | present | the mum | sea | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Exactly what the cartoon shows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 what | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cartoon | det |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shows | nsubj |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the cartoon | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The egg is kept warm in the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 egg | det |
| 2 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | aux:pass |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | the egg | the sea | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in sea=Location |
Option 4
Both parents leave the egg in the snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 parents | det |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 leave | nsubj |
| 3 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 egg | det |
| 5 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leave | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 snow | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 snow | det |
| 8 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | both parents | the egg | the snow | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in snow=Location |
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