Test 3 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction

«my uncle saw a Tasmanian tiger last year, swear down» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle · What happens: see, swear down, be · To what, where: Tasmanian tiger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 77 «Endangered animals and extinction» 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	_	4 saw	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 uncle	nmod:poss
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tiger	det
6	Tasmanian	tasmanian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tiger	amod
7	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 year	amod
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tiger	nmod:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swear	punct
11	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 saw	conj
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 swear	compound:prt
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 right	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 saw	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past	my uncle	a Tasmanian tiger last year		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tiger=Stimulus
2	swear down in a quote	infinitive	my uncle not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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 · ← Mova's choice

No, thylacines never existed at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 existed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	thylacines	thylacine	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 existed	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 existed	advmod
5	existed	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 existed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exist	past	thylacines			all			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Many sightings were reported, but no clear proof any survived

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sightings	amod
2	sightings	sighting	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reported	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reported	aux:pass
4	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 proof	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 proof	cc
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 proof	det
8	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 proof	amod
9	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	parataxis
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 survived	nsubj
11	survived	survive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 proof	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past · passive		Many sightings					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	survive	participle	any	no clear proof not said here					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme proof=Circumstance

Option 3

Yes, the zoo released some in 2000

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 released	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 zoo	det
4	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 released	nsubj
5	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 released	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 2000	case
8	2000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past	the zoo	some		2000			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer some=Source

Option 4

Yes, thousands still live in the forests of Tasmania today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 live	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 forests	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forests	det
8	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Tasmania	case
10	Tasmania	Tasmania	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 forests	nmod
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 live	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	thousands			the forests of Tasmania	still; today		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location

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