Test 3 · ★★ · The penguin pool
In a Christmas card a polar bear and a penguin share a snowy hill. Where could you really see both on one day?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: polar bear, you · What happens: share, see · To what, where: snowy hill, Christmas card
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 99 «The penguin pool» 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 a Christmas card a polar bear and a penguin share a snowy hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 card | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 card | det |
| 3 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 card | compound |
| 4 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 share | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bear | det |
| 6 | polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bear | amod |
| 7 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 share | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 penguin | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 penguin | det |
| 10 | penguin | penguin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bear | conj |
| 11 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 hill | det |
| 13 | snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 hill | amod |
| 14 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 share | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 share | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | a polar bear and a penguin | a snowy hill | a Christmas card | 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: Where could you really see both on one day?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 see | advmod |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | both | both | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 day | nummod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | could | you | day | both property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
On any iceberg in the Arctic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 iceberg | case |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 iceberg | det |
| 3 | iceberg | iceberg | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Arctic | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Arctic | det |
| 6 | Arctic | Arctic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 iceberg | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
In Antarctica in the middle of the long dark winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Antarctica | case |
| 2 | Antarctica | Antarctica | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 middle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 middle | det |
| 5 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Antarctica | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 winter | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 winter | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 winter | amod |
| 9 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 winter | amod |
| 10 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 middle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Only in a zoo, as they live at opposite poles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 zoo | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 zoo | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 zoo | det |
| 4 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 live | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 live | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 live | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 live | nsubj |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 poles | case |
| 10 | opposite | opposite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 poles | amod |
| 11 | poles | pole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a zoo | opposite poles | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pole=Location |
Option 4
Anywhere it snows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 snows | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 snows | nsubj |
| 3 | snows | snow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snow | present | it | anywhere property | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
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