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Test 1 · ★★ · The reptile house: Komodo dragons, chameleons, tortoises a…

In a cartoon a chameleon lands on a tartan picnic blanket and turns tartan. What would you fix?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: chameleon, you · What happens: land, turn, fix · To what, where: cartoon, tartan

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 88 «The reptile house: Komodo dragons, chameleons, tortoises and crocodiles» 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 a chameleon lands on a tartan picnic blanket and turns tartan.

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 lands	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 chameleon	det
5	chameleon	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lands	nsubj
6	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 blanket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 blanket	det
9	tartan	tartan	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 picnic	compound
10	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blanket	compound
11	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lands	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 turns	cc
13	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lands	conj
14	tartan	tartan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turns	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	a chameleon			a cartoon		on a picnic blanket	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Destination
2	turn	present	a chameleon not said here	tartan					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tartan=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real chameleons change colour mostly for mood and warmth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 chameleons	amod
2	chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 change	nsubj
3	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obj
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	3 change	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 mood	case
7	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 warmth	cc
9	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Real chameleons	colour				for mood and warmth; mostly property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent colour=Theme for mood=Co-Theme

Option 2

Chameleons cannot change colour at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 change	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 change	advmod
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	can	Chameleons	colour		all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient

Option 3

Chameleons turn tartan only in Scotland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turn	nsubj
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tartan	tartan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	2 turn	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Scotland	case
6	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Chameleons	tartan				in Scotland	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent tartan=Patient in scotland=Topic

Option 4

Right, chameleons copy any pattern exactly, even tartan and stripes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 copy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	chameleons	chameleon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 copy	nsubj
4	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 pattern	det
6	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copy	obj
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 copy	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tartan	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 tartan	advmod
10	tartan	tartan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copy	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stripes	cc
12	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tartan	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present	chameleons	any pattern				tartan and stripes obl; exactly property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Theme

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