Test 7 · Fossils: how we know about life long ago
«Sue the T. rex is a girl, the name says so» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sue, name · What happens: be, say · To what, where: girl · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 74 «Fossils: how we know about life long ago» 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 | _ | 2 Sue | punct |
| 2 | Sue | Sue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 girl | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rex | det |
| 4 | T. | T. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rex | compound |
| 5 | rex | rex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 girl | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 girl | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 name | det |
| 11 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 girl | acl:relcl |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 right | advmod |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 so | 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 | 12 says | advcl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 girl | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Sue | a girl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | the name | a girl not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent girl=Topic | ||||
| 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
Yes, the skeleton has a label inside the skull that says she was a girl
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 skeleton | det |
| 4 | skeleton | skeleton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 label | det |
| 7 | label | label | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 8 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 10 skull | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 skull | det |
| 10 | skull | skull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 label | nmod |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 skull | acl:relcl |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 girl | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 girl | cop |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 girl | det |
| 16 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the skeleton | a label | the skull | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Patient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the skull | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | skeleton | a girl | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The name comes from her finder; nobody knows if Sue was female
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 finder | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 finder | nmod:poss |
| 6 | finder | finder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 knows | punct |
| 8 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 comes | conj |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 female | mark |
| 11 | Sue | Sue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 female | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 female | cop |
| 13 | female | female | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 knows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the name | name's finder | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from finder=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | know | present | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | Sue | female property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, Sue is definitely a boy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 boy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Sue | Sue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 boy | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 boy | cop |
| 5 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 7 boy | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 boy | det |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Sue | a boy | definitely property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, all T. rex in museums are girls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 girls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 rex | det |
| 4 | T. | T. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rex | compound |
| 5 | rex | rex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 girls | nsubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 museums | case |
| 7 | museums | museum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rex | nmod |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 girls | cop |
| 9 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | all T. rex in museums | girls | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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