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Test 1 · The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth

In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse runs in. What would you fix?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: elephant, mouse, you · What happens: scream, climb, run, fix · To what, where: cartoon, chair

This is test 1 of lesson 83 «The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mouse myth» 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: In a cartoon an elephant screams and climbs on a chair when a mouse runs in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 screams	obl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 elephant	det
5	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 screams	nsubj
6	screams	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 climbs	cc
8	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 screams	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 chair	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 chair	det
11	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climbs	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 runs	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mouse	det
14	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 runs	nsubj
15	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 climbs	advcl
16	in	in	ADV	_	15 runs	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 screams	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	present	a elephant			a cartoon			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	climb	present	a elephant not said here			a chair			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on chair=Trajectory
3	run	present	a mouse						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 fix?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	would	you						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient

The options

Option 1

Elephants chase and eat mice instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chase	nsubj
2	chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 eat	cc
4	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 chase	conj
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 chase	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present	Elephants					instead property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	eat	present	Elephants not said here	mice					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient

Option 2

Right, mice are an elephant's worst fear, everyone knows that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	9 fear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fear	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fear	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 elephant	det
6	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fear	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 elephant	case
8	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 fear	amod
9	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knows	punct
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 knows	nsubj
12	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fear	acl:relcl
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	mice	a elephant's worst fear					tree rules
2	know	present	everyone	a elephant's worst fear					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

Option 3

Right, elephants faint when they see mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 faint	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 faint	punct
3	elephants	elephant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 faint	nsubj
4	faint	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 see	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 faint	advcl
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	present	elephants						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	see	present	elephants = elephant	mice					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A real elephant may step aside, but is not afraid of mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 elephant	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 elephant	amod
3	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 step	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 step	aux
5	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	aside	aside	ADV	_	5 step	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 afraid	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 afraid	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 afraid	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 afraid	advmod
11	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 step	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 mice	case
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	may	a real elephant					aside property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	present	a real elephant not said here					of mice; afraid property	tree rules

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