Test 4 · The Arctic: ice, snow and the polar bear's world

«the narwhal's a real unicorn innit» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narwhal, real unicorn innit · What happens: be · To what, where: real unicorn innit

This is test 4 of lesson 6 «The Arctic: ice, snow and the polar bear's world» 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	_	8 innit	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 narwhal	det
3	narwhal	narwhal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 innit	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 innit	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 innit	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 innit	amod
7	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 innit	compound
8	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 right	nsubj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
10	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 right	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	the narwhal	a real unicorn innit					tree rules
2	is	present	a real unicorn innit					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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, its tusk is a long tooth, though old traders sold it as unicorn horn

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 tooth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tooth	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tusk	nmod:poss
4	tusk	tusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tooth	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tooth	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tooth	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tooth	amod
8	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sold	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 sold	mark
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 traders	amod
12	traders	trader	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sold	nsubj
13	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tooth	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sold	obj
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 horn	case
16	unicorn	unicorn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 horn	amod
17	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	its tusk	a long tooth					tree rules
2	sell	past	old traders	tusk				as unicorn horn	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Yes, its horn grows from its forehead, just like a unicorn's in a fairy tale

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 grows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grows	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 horn	nmod:poss
4	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grows	nsubj
5	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 forehead	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 forehead	nmod:poss
8	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grows	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 unicorn	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	13 unicorn	advmod
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 unicorn	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 unicorn	det
13	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grows	obl
14	's	's	PART	_	13 unicorn	case
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 tale	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 tale	det
17	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tale	compound
18	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	its horn			horn's forehead		like a unicorn; in a fairy tale	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tale=Location

Option 3

No, the tusk is made of ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tusk	det
4	tusk	tusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 ice	case
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the tusk				of ice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

Yes, it is a unicorn that lives in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 unicorn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 unicorn	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unicorn	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 unicorn	det
6	unicorn	unicorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 lives	nsubj
8	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unicorn	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a unicorn					tree rules
2	live	present	a unicorn			the sea			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location

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