Test 10 · ★★ · Antarctica: penguins, seals and the coldest place on Earth

«why's an albatross never flap, is it lazy» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: albatross · What happens: be · To what, where: albatross, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Antarctica: penguins, seals and the coldest place on Earth» 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	_	11 lazy	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 albatross	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 albatross	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 albatross	det
5	albatross	albatross	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lazy	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 flap	advmod
7	flap	flap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 albatross	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 albatross	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lazy	cop
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lazy	nsubj
11	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 answer	csubj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 lazy	punct
13	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 answer	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 answer	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 answer	det
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 answer	amod
17	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		a albatross and flap		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	a albatross and flap		lazy property	tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present		the best answer		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

It glides on the strong winds over the waves and saves energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 glides	nsubj
2	glides	glide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 winds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 winds	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 winds	amod
6	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 glides	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 waves	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 waves	det
9	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 winds	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 saves	cc
11	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 glides	conj
12	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glide	present	It			the strong winds over the waves			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wind=Trajectory
2	save	present		energy					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme

Option 2

It cannot flap its wings at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flap	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 flap	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 flap	advmod
4	flap	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wings	nmod:poss
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flap	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 flap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not flap	can	It	its wings		all			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Option 3

It only glides when it is ill or very tired after a long flight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 glides	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 glides	advmod
3	glides	glide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 ill	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ill	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ill	cop
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 glides	advcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tired	cc
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 tired	advmod
10	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ill	conj
11	after	after	ADP	_	14 flight	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 flight	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 flight	amod
14	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	glide	present	It	after a long flight		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	it		ill property	tree rules
3	be					tree rules

Option 4

It is sleeping in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sleeping	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sleeping	aux
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present · progressive	It			the air			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in air=Location

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