Test 3 · The aviary: the walk-through tropical house
In The Lion King, Zazu the hornbill gives the king advice. Which part is true to real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zazu, part · What happens: give, be · To what, where: king advice
This is test 3 of lesson 93 «The aviary: the walk-through tropical house» 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 The Lion King, Zazu the hornbill gives the king advice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 King | case |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 3 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 King | compound |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 gives | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Zazu | punct |
| 6 | Zazu | Zazu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 gives | nsubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hornbill | det |
| 8 | hornbill | hornbill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Zazu | appos |
| 9 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 advice | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 advice | compound |
| 12 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gives | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Zazu | the king advice | in the Lion King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=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.
Sentence 2: Which part is true to real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 true | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which part | to real life; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hornbills live in the Arctic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hornbills | hornbill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Arctic | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Arctic | det |
| 5 | Arctic | Arctic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Hornbills | the Arctic | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arctic=Location |
Option 2
Real hornbills can talk like people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 hornbills | amod |
| 2 | hornbills | hornbill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 talk | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 talk | aux |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | can | Real hornbills | like people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Red-billed hornbills live on the African savanna
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 billed | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Red | punct |
| 3 | billed | bill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 hornbills | amod |
| 4 | hornbills | hornbill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 savanna | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 savanna | det |
| 8 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 savanna | amod |
| 9 | savanna | savanna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bill | participle | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | live | present | billed hornbills | the African savanna | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on savanna=Location |
Option 4
Hornbills are kept by lions as helpers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hornbills | hornbill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kept | aux:pass |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 lions | case |
| 5 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kept | obl |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 helpers | case |
| 7 | helpers | helper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | lions | Hornbills | as helpers | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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