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Test 7 · ★ · The reptile house: snakes

A cartoon cobra with two little ears dances to the tune. How many outer ears does a real snake have?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon cobra, many outer ears · What happens: dance, have · To what, where: tune

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 87 «The reptile house: snakes» 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 cartoon cobra with two little ears dances to the tune.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cobra	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cobra	compound
3	cobra	cobra	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dances	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 ears	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 ears	nummod
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ears	amod
7	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cobra	nmod
8	dances	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 tune	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tune	det
11	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dances	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 dances	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	present	a cartoon cobra with two little ears			the tune			vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme to tune=Trajectory

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: How many outer ears does a real snake have?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ears	amod
3	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ears	amod
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 have	aux
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 snake	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 snake	amod
8	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	many outer ears						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

None; it follows the flute's movement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 follows	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 follows	nsubj
4	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 None	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 flute	det
6	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 movement	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 flute	case
8	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	it	the flute's movement					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Theme
2	move			the flute					nom movement «act transitive»: poss=patient

Option 2

One, on top of its head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 top	punct
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 top	case
4	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 One	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 top	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Four, hidden under the hood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hidden	punct
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Four	acl
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 hood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hood	det
6	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				the hood			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under hood=Location

Option 4

Two, like a dog, but hidden under scales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dog	punct
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 dog	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Two	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hidden	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 hidden	cc
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Two	conj
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 scales	case
10	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				scales			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under scale=Location

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