Test 1 · The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays
mate says the tunnel glass could crack any second if a shark headbutts it lol. true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, tunnel glass · What happens: say, crack · To what, where: shark headbutts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 91 «The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays» 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 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 glass | det |
| 4 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 glass | compound |
| 5 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crack | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 crack | aux |
| 7 | crack | crack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 second | det |
| 9 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crack | obj |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 headbutts | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 shark | det |
| 12 | shark | shark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 headbutts | compound |
| 13 | headbutts | headbutt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 crack | obj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 headbutts | obj |
| 15 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 crack | discourse |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 17 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | crack | could | the tunnel glass | shark headbutts | second | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location headbutt=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, that is why the sharks are kept hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 why | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 why | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 why | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 why | cop |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sharks | det |
| 7 | sharks | shark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 kept | aux:pass |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 why | ccomp |
| 10 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | present · passive | the sharks | hungry property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, sharks often break the tunnels and the water floods in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 break | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sharks | shark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 break | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 break | advmod |
| 5 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tunnels | det |
| 7 | tunnels | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 break | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 floods | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 water | det |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 floods | nsubj |
| 11 | floods | flood | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 break | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 floods | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | sharks | the tunnels | often property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tunnel=Patient | |||
| 2 | flood in | present | the water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, the acrylic is many centimetres thick and very strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 thick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 acrylic | det |
| 4 | acrylic | acrylic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thick | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 thick | cop |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 centimetres | amod |
| 7 | centimetres | centimetre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 thick | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 strong | cc |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 strong | advmod |
| 11 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 thick | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the acrylic | many centimetres obl:unmarked; thick property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the acrylic not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
No, because the tunnel is made of steel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 made | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tunnel | det |
| 5 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 made | aux:pass |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 steel | case |
| 9 | steel | steel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | the tunnel | of steel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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