Test 4 · ★ · The ape house: gorillas and chimpanzees

«chimps r cute, i want one as a pet» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: chimps, i · What happens: be, want · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 cute	punct
2	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cute	nsubj
3	r	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	4 cute	cop
4	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cute	parataxis
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 want	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 pet	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pet	det
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 cute	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cute	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	chimps		cute property	tree rules
2	want in a quote	present	i	one	as a pet	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent one=Theme as pet=Attribute
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

Fine, chimps stay small and gentle all their life, like a pet cat or dog

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chimps	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stay	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gentle	cc
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 small	conj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 life	det:predet
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cat	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 cat	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cat	det
14	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cat	compound
15	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 dog	cc
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	Fine chimps	chimps's life				like a pet cat or dog; small property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Grown-up chimps are much stronger than people and can be dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chimps	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 up	punct
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Grown	compound:prt
4	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stronger	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stronger	cop
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 stronger	advmod
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 people	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stronger	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dangerous	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 dangerous	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 dangerous	cop
13	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stronger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	grow up	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Grown chimps	than people; strong property	tree rules
3	is	can	Grown chimps not said here	dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

Only if you feed them bananas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 feed	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 feed	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 feed	nsubj
4	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feed	obj
6	bananas	banana	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	you	them = they					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient banana=Theme

Option 4

Fine, chimps are as safe as hamsters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chimps	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	chimps	chimp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 hamsters	case
8	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fine chimps					as hamsters; safe property	tree rules

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