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Test 3 · The aquarium: the shark tunnel and the rays

Your cousin says a shark with that many teeth must be a killer. What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, shark, best reply · What happens: say, be · To what, where: killer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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

Sentence 1: Your cousin says a shark with that many teeth must be a killer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shark	det
5	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 killer	nsubj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 teeth	case
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 teeth	nsubj
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 teeth	amod
9	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shark	nmod
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 killer	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 killer	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 killer	det
13	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	must	a shark with many teeth	a killer					tree rules

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 the best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, all sharks with long teeth attack people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 attack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sharks	det
4	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attack	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 teeth	case
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 teeth	amod
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sharks	nmod
8	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attack	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	all sharks with long teeth	people					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Teeth alone do not show danger; sand tigers are calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Teeth	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 show	advmod
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 calm	punct
8	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tigers	compound
9	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 calm	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 calm	cop
11	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 show	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not show	present · do-support	Teeth	danger					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent danger=Recipient
2	is	present	sand tigers					calm property	tree rules

Option 3

No, sand tigers have no teeth at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tigers	compound
4	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 teeth	det
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	sand tigers	no teeth		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Option 4

Yes, the more teeth a shark has, the more dangerous it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 teeth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teeth	det
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 teeth	amod
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shark	det
7	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 teeth	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dangerous	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dangerous	det
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 dangerous	advmod
12	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 teeth	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dangerous	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 dangerous	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a shark	the more teeth not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	is	present	shark					dangerous property	tree rules

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