Test 4 · ★★ · The penguin pool
yo the sign says these penguins come from a warm country, thats a typo right
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign, penguins · What happens: say, come · To what, where: warm country · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 4 says | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sign | det |
| 3 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 penguins | det |
| 6 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 come | nsubj |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 country | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 country | det |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 country | amod |
| 11 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 come | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 thats | punct |
| 13 | thats | that | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 country | appos |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 typo | det |
| 15 | typo | typo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thats | nmod:unmarked |
| 16 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the sign | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come | present | this penguins | a warm country | right property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial_Location |
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.
The options
Option 1
No, penguins live in deserts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 penguins | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 deserts | case |
| 6 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | penguins | deserts | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, all penguins live on ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 penguins | det |
| 4 | penguins | penguin | 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 | _ | 7 ice | case |
| 7 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | all penguins | ice | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Location |
Option 3
Yes, people moved them there from the ice long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 moved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 moved | nsubj |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 moved | obj |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 moved | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 ice | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ice | det |
| 9 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | obl |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 ago | advmod |
| 11 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 4 moved | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | people | them = they | the ice; there | ago property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme from ice=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, some penguins live on warm coasts with cold currents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 penguins | det |
| 4 | penguins | penguin | 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 | _ | 8 coasts | case |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 coasts | amod |
| 8 | coasts | coast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 currents | case |
| 10 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 currents | amod |
| 11 | currents | current | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | some penguins | warm coasts | with cold currents | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with current=Location |
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