Test 8 · ★ · The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep…
SpongeBob is a square yellow kitchen sponge. What is a real sea sponge?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: SpongeBob · What happens: be · To what, where: square yellow kitchen sponge, real sea sponge
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 92 «The aquarium: jellyfish, octopuses, sea stars and the deep sea» 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: SpongeBob is a square yellow kitchen sponge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SpongeBob | SpongeBob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sponge | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sponge | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sponge | det |
| 4 | square | square | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sponge | amod |
| 5 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sponge | amod |
| 6 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sponge | compound |
| 7 | sponge | sponge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sponge | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | SpongeBob | a square yellow kitchen sponge | 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 a real sea sponge?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 sponge | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sponge | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sponge | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sponge | amod |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sponge | compound |
| 6 | sponge | sponge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sponge | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a real sea sponge | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A mineral made by the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 mineral | det |
| 2 | mineral | mineral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 mineral | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a mineral not said here | by the sea | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 2
A fish that soaks up water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fish | det |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 soaks | nsubj |
| 4 | soaks | soak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 fish | acl:relcl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 soaks | compound:prt |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak up | present | a fish | water | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source |
Option 3
A soft green plant that grows on rocks in the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 plant | det |
| 2 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 plant | amod |
| 3 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 plant | amod |
| 4 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 grows | nsubj |
| 6 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plant | acl:relcl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 rocks | case |
| 8 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 grows | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 sea | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sea | det |
| 11 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | a soft green plant | rocks | in the sea | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A simple animal with no brain that filters water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 animal | det |
| 2 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 animal | amod |
| 3 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 brain | case |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 brain | det |
| 6 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 animal | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 filters | nsubj |
| 8 | filters | filter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 animal | acl:relcl |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filters | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | filter | present | a simple animal with no brain | water | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent water=Initial_Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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