Test 3 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close

«that lion's useless, hasn't moved in an hour, is it ill or what» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lion · What happens: not move, be

This is test 3 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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	_	5 useless	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 lion	det
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 useless	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 lion	case
5	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 moved	punct
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 moved	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 moved	advmod
9	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 useless	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hour	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hour	det
12	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moved	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ill	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 ill	cop
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 ill	nsubj
16	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 useless	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 what	cc
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 useless	conj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 what	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 what	acl:relcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 useless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	not move in a quote	present · perfect		hour		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	lion		ill property	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

It must be ill, because healthy lions never stop moving around

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 ill	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 ill	cop
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stop	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 stop	mark
7	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lions	amod
8	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stop	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 stop	advmod
10	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	conj
11	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
12	around	around	ADV	_	11 moving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	must	It	ill property	tree rules
2	not stop	present	healthy lions		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	move around	gerund	healthy lions not said here	around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Resting up to 20 hours a day is normal for a lion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 normal	csubj
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Resting	compound:prt
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 hours	case
4	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 hours	nummod
5	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Resting	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hours	nmod:unmarked
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 normal	cop
9	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 lion	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lion	det
12	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 normal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest up	gerund					hour		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Resting					for a lion; normal property	tree rules

Option 3

Zoo lions are given sleeping pills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lions	compound
2	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 pills	amod
6	pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		Zoo lions					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient pill=Theme
2	sleep	gerund							vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is stuffed and not a real lion

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 stuffed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stuffed	aux:pass
3	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lion	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 lion	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lion	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lion	amod
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuffed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stuff	present · passive		It					vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

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