Test 5 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close

A friend says the male lion with the big mane is the best hunter of the pride. What would you say?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, male lion, you · What happens: say, be · To what, where: best hunter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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

Sentence 1: A friend says the male lion with the big mane is the best hunter of the pride.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lion	det
5	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lion	amod
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunter	nsubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 mane	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mane	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mane	amod
10	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lion	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hunter	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hunter	det
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 hunter	amod
14	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 pride	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pride	det
17	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunter	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the male lion with the big mane	the best hunter				of the pride	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.

Sentence 2: What would you say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Right, the mane helps him hide in the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	5 helps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mane	det
4	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 helps	obj
7	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 helps	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 grass	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grass	det
10	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	the mane	him = he					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	hide	infinitive	him = he not said here			the grass			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grass=Location

Option 2

Right, only males hunt in a pride while the females mind the cubs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	5 hunt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hunt	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 males	advmod
4	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hunt	nsubj
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 pride	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pride	det
8	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hunt	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 mind	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 females	det
11	females	female	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mind	nsubj
12	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hunt	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cubs	det
14	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mind	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	males			a pride			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in pride=Location
2	mind	present	the females	the cubs					vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cub=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The lionesses do most of the hunting; he guards the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lionesses	det
2	lionesses	lioness	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 do	nsubj
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 do	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hunting	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hunting	det
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 most	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 guards	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 guards	nsubj
10	guards	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 do	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guards	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the lionesses	most of the hunting					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Eventuality
2	guard	present	he	the land					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Beneficiary

Option 4

The cubs do all the hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cubs	det
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 do	nsubj
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 hunting	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hunting	det
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the cubs	all hunting					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Eventuality

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