Test 5 · ★★ · The penguin pool
In Madagascar, Skipper's team plans a clever escape. What is true of real zoo penguins?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: team · What happens: plan, be · To what, where: clever escape, Madagascar
This is test 5 · ★★ 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 Madagascar, Skipper's team plans a clever escape.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Madagascar | case |
| 2 | Madagascar | Madagascar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 plans | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Madagascar | punct |
| 4 | Skipper | Skipper | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 team | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Skipper | case |
| 6 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 plans | nsubj |
| 7 | plans | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 escape | det |
| 9 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 escape | amod |
| 10 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 plans | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 plans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | Skipper's team | a clever escape | Madagascar | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Topic |
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 is true of real zoo penguins?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 penguins | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 penguins | amod |
| 6 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 penguins | compound |
| 7 | penguins | penguin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | of real zoo penguins; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They can unlock the zoo doors with their beaks at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 unlock | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 unlock | aux |
| 3 | unlock | unlock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 doors | det |
| 5 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 doors | compound |
| 6 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unlock | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 beaks | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 beaks | nmod:poss |
| 9 | beaks | beak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unlock | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unlock | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unlock | can | They | the zoo doors | night | with doors's beaks | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They are curious and follow each other, but do not make plans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 curious | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 curious | cop |
| 3 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 follow | cc |
| 5 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 curious | conj |
| 6 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 5 follow | obj |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 each | fixed |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 make | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 make | cc |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 make | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 make | advmod |
| 12 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 curious | parataxis |
| 13 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | curious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | follow | present | They not said here | each | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not make | infinitive · do-support | plans | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plan=Product |
Option 3
They speak to each other in words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 speak | nsubj |
| 2 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 each | case |
| 4 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 2 speak | obl |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 each | fixed |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 words | case |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 speak | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | They | words | to each | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent |
Option 4
They plan escapes every night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 plan | nsubj |
| 2 | plan | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | escapes | escape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 plan | obj |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 night | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plan | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | They | escapes | night | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Topic |
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