Test 1 · ★★ · The aquarium: the coral reef tank
In Finding Nemo, Marlin the dad stays a dad after Nemo's mum dies. What would happen in a real clownfish family?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, mum · What happens: stay, die, happen · To what, where: dad, Finding, real clownfish family
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 90 «The aquarium: the coral reef tank» 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 Finding Nemo, Marlin the dad stays a dad after Nemo's mum dies.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Finding | case |
| 2 | Finding | Finding | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 stays | obl |
| 3 | Nemo | Nemo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Finding | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Marlin | punct |
| 5 | Marlin | Marlin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Finding | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dad | det |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stays | nsubj |
| 8 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 dad | det |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stays | obj |
| 11 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 15 dies | mark |
| 12 | Nemo | Nemo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 mum | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Nemo | case |
| 14 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dies | nsubj |
| 15 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stays | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 stays | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | the dad | a dad | Finding and Marlin | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme dad=Location | |||
| 2 | die | present | Nemo's mum | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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 happen in a real clownfish family?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 family | amod |
| 7 | clownfish | clownfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 family | compound |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happen | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | a real clownfish family | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in family=Location |
The options
Option 1
He would turn into a seahorse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 seahorse | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 seahorse | det |
| 6 | seahorse | seahorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | He | a seahorse | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into seahorse=Trajectory |
Option 2
Nothing would change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | would | Nothing | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Marlin would turn into a female
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marlin | marlin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 female | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 female | det |
| 6 | female | female | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | would | Marlin | a female | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into female=Trajectory |
Option 4
He would leave the anemone for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 leave | aux |
| 3 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 anemone | det |
| 5 | anemone | anemone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leave | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 good | case |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | would | He | the anemone | for good | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anemone=Theme for good=Recipient |
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