Test 7 · ★ · Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show
A peregrine nests on a cathedral roof in the city. Why might it like it there?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: peregrine · What happens: nest, like · To what, where: cathedral roof, city
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 94 «Parrots, flamingos and the bird of prey show» 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: A peregrine nests on a cathedral roof in the city.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 peregrine | det |
| 2 | peregrine | peregrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nests | nsubj |
| 3 | nests | nest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 roof | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 6 | cathedral | cathedral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 roof | compound |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nests | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 city | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 city | det |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nests | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 nests | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nest | present | a peregrine | a cathedral roof | in the city | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why might it like it there?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 like | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 like | nsubj |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 like | obj |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 like | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | might | peregrine | city | there | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It is warm inside, and it likes listening to the organ
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 | 3 warm | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 warm | cop |
| 3 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 3 warm | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 likes | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 likes | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 likes | nsubj |
| 8 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 warm | conj |
| 9 | listening | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 likes | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 organ | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 organ | det |
| 12 | organ | organ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 listening | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | inside, warm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like | present | it | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | listen not said to happen | gerund | to the organ | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to organ=Theme |
Option 2
People feed it every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 feed | nsubj |
| 2 | feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feed | obj |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | present | People | it | day | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is high like a cliff, and city pigeons are food
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 | 3 high | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 high | cop |
| 3 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 cliff | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cliff | det |
| 6 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 high | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 food | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 food | cc |
| 9 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pigeons | compound |
| 10 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 food | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 food | cop |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 high | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | like a cliff; high property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | city pigeons | food | tree rules |
Option 4
It hides from the rain in the bells
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 | 2 hides | nsubj |
| 2 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 rain | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rain | det |
| 5 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hides | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bells | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bells | det |
| 8 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hides | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | It | the rain | in the bells | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from rain=Beneficiary |
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