Test 8 · The aviary: the walk-through tropical house
The keeper sees a bird has lost weight but it looks fine. What should she think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: keeper, bird · What happens: see, lose, look, think · To what, where: bird · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: The keeper sees a bird has lost weight but it looks fine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 keeper | det |
| 2 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bird | det |
| 5 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lost | aux |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sees | ccomp |
| 8 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | obj |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 looks | cc |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 looks | nsubj |
| 11 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lost | conj |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 looks | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | the keeper | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | lose | present · perfect · passive | a bird | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | look | present | bird | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 should she think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 think | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | should | keeper | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It may be ill and hiding it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ill | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ill | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ill | cop |
| 4 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hiding | cc |
| 6 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 ill | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hiding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | It | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
It is just being lazy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lazy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lazy | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 lazy | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 lazy | cop |
| 5 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | lazy property | tree rules |
Option 3
It must be getting ready to fly away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 getting | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 getting | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 getting | aux |
| 4 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 getting | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fly | mark |
| 7 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ready | xcomp |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 fly | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | must · progressive | It | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | fly away | to-infinitive | away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It is perfectly healthy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 healthy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 healthy | cop |
| 3 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 4 healthy | advmod |
| 4 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | healthy, perfectly property | tree rules |
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