Test 9 · ★ · Endangered animals and extinction
«penguins live up north too, the great auk was one» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: penguins, great auk · What happens: live up, be · To what, where: one
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | _ | 3 live | punct |
| 2 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 live | compound:prt |
| 5 | north | north | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 auk | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 auk | amod |
| 10 | auk | auk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 one | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 one | cop |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 live | conj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | 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 | 12 one | acl:relcl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 live | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live up in a quote | present | penguins | north property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | the great auk | one | tree rules | ||||
| 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, the great auk was a kind of eagle that lived on the cliffs of Iceland
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 auk | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 auk | amod |
| 5 | auk | auk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kind | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 kind | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 kind | det |
| 8 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 eagle | case |
| 10 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kind | nmod |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 lived | nsubj |
| 12 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 kind | acl:relcl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 cliffs | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cliffs | det |
| 15 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lived | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Iceland | case |
| 17 | Iceland | Iceland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 cliffs | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the great auk | a kind | of eagle | tree rules | |||
| 2 | live | past | a kind | the cliffs of Iceland | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cliff=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The great auk was first called a penguin but was no kin of southern penguins
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 auk | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 auk | amod |
| 3 | auk | auk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 called | advmod |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 penguin | det |
| 8 | penguin | penguin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | xcomp |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 kin | cc |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 kin | cop |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 kin | det |
| 12 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 penguins | case |
| 14 | southern | southern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 penguins | amod |
| 15 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 kin | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past · passive | the great auk | first property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | no kin | of southern penguins | tree rules |
Option 3
No, the great auk was a seal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 seal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 auk | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 auk | amod |
| 5 | auk | auk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seal | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 seal | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 seal | det |
| 8 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the great auk | a seal | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, penguins live at both poles today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 poles | case |
| 6 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 poles | det |
| 7 | poles | pole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | obl |
| 8 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | penguins | both poles | today | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pole=Location |
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