Test 1 · ★★ · Migration: the great journeys

in the cartoon the birds pack suitcases and read a map going south lol. how do they really know the way

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: birds, map · What happens: pack, read, go, know · To what, where: suitcases, cartoon, map, way

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Migration: the great journeys» 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pack	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birds	det
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pack	nsubj
6	pack	pack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	suitcases	suitcase	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pack	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 read	cc
9	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pack	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 map	det
11	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 read	obj
12	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 map	acl
13	south	south	ADV	_	12 going	advmod
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 read	discourse
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pack	punct
16	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 know	advmod
17	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 know	aux
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 know	nsubj
19	really	really	ADV	_	20 know	advmod
20	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pack	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 way	det
22	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pack	present	the birds	suitcases	the cartoon		vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent suitcase=Theme in cartoon=Destination
2	read	infinitive	the birds not said here	a map			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic
3	go	gerund	a map not said here			south property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	know	present · do-support	birds = bird	the way			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

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

A leader bird has been to a special school for it and teaches the rest

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 school	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 school	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 school	cop
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 school	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 school	det
8	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 school	amod
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 school	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 teaches	cc
13	teaches	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 school	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rest	det
15	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 teaches	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	a leader bird					to a special school; for school	tree rules
2	teach speech: other	present	a leader bird not said here	the rest					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sun, stars, landmarks, smells and magnetism, and some of it is inborn

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stars	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stars	punct
3	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 landmarks	punct
5	landmarks	landmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stars	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 smells	punct
7	smells	smell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stars	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 magnetism	cc
9	magnetism	magnetism	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stars	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 inborn	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 inborn	cc
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 inborn	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 some	nmod
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 inborn	cop
16	inborn	inborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stars	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some					inborn property	tree rules

Option 3

They just follow the nearest motorway

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 follow	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 follow	advmod
3	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 motorway	det
5	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 motorway	amod
6	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	They	the nearest motorway					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motorway=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They fly anywhere until it feels warm

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	2 fly	nsubj
2	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 fly	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 feels	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feels	nsubj
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fly	advcl
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	They					anywhere property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	feel	present	it					warm property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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