Test 12 · The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog re…
A dog in Australia bites a cane toad in the garden. What is likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: bite, be · To what, where: cane toad, garden
This is test 12 of lesson 89 «The amphibian room: poison frogs, axolotls and the frog rescue» 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 dog in Australia bites a cane toad in the garden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bites | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Australia | case |
| 4 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 dog | nmod |
| 5 | bites | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 toad | det |
| 7 | cane | cane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 toad | compound |
| 8 | toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bites | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 garden | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 garden | det |
| 11 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bites | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bites | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present | a dog in Australia | a cane toad | the garden | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Patient in garden=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 is likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 likely | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The dog can get very ill from the toad's poison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 ill | advmod |
| 6 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 poison | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 toad | det |
| 9 | toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 poison | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 toad | case |
| 11 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | the dog | the toad's poison | ill property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from poison=Destination |
Option 2
The dog gets warts all over its mouth and nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | warts | wart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gets | obj |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 mouth | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 mouth | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 nose | cc |
| 10 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mouth | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the dog | warts | dog's mouth and nose | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wart=Stimulus |
Option 3
The toad turns into a prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toad | det |
| 2 | toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | nsubj |
| 3 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 prince | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | the toad | into a prince result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into prince=Result |
Option 4
Nothing, toads are harmless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 toads | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | toads | toad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 harmless | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 harmless | cop |
| 5 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing toads | harmless property | tree rules |
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