Test 1 · ★ · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees
In King Kong a giant gorilla climbs a skyscraper and roars at planes. What would you fix?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: giant gorilla, you · What happens: climb, roar, fix · To what, where: skyscraper, planes
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 84 «The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees» 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 King Kong a giant gorilla climbs a skyscraper and roars at planes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 King | case |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 climbs | obl |
| 3 | Kong | Kong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | flat |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gorilla | det |
| 5 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gorilla | amod |
| 6 | gorilla | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 climbs | nsubj |
| 7 | climbs | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 skyscraper | det |
| 9 | skyscraper | skyscraper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 climbs | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 roars | cc |
| 11 | roars | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 climbs | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 planes | case |
| 13 | planes | plane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 roars | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 climbs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | present | a giant gorilla | a skyscraper | in King | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location skyscraper=Theme | |||
| 2 | roar | present | a giant gorilla not said here | planes | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at plane=Location |
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
Real gorillas are even bigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gorillas | amod |
| 2 | gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bigger | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bigger | cop |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 bigger | advmod |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Real gorillas | big property | tree rules |
Option 2
Right, gorillas often climb tall buildings when they get out of the zoo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 3 gorillas | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 climb | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 climb | advmod |
| 5 | climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 buildings | amod |
| 7 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 climb | obj |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 get | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | nsubj |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 climb | advcl |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 zoo | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 zoo | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 zoo | det |
| 14 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | present | gorillas | tall buildings | often property | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location building=Theme | |||
| 2 | get out | present | gorillas = gorilla | the zoo | tree rules |
Option 3
Real gorillas eat aeroplanes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gorillas | amod |
| 2 | gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | aeroplanes | aeroplane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Real gorillas | aeroplanes | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aeroplane=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real gorillas are calm, about 200 kg, and seldom climb high
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gorillas | amod |
| 2 | gorillas | gorilla | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 calm | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calm | cop |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 kg | punct |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 200 | advmod |
| 7 | 200 | 200 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 kg | nummod |
| 8 | kg | kg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 calm | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 climb | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 climb | cc |
| 11 | seldom | seldom | ADV | _ | 12 climb | advmod |
| 12 | climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calm | conj |
| 13 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 climb | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Real gorillas | 200 kg obl; calm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | climb | present | Real gorillas not said here | high, seldom property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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