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Test 6 · ★★ · The penguin pool

In Happy Feet, Mumble finds his partner by singing. Which part is close to real life?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mumble, part · What happens: find, sing, be · To what, where: partner, Happy Feet

This is test 6 · ★★ 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 Happy Feet, Mumble finds his partner by singing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Feet	case
2	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Feet	amod
3	Feet	Feet	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 finds	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Feet	punct
5	Mumble	Mumble	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 finds	nsubj
6	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 partner	nmod:poss
8	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finds	obj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 singing	mark
10	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 finds	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	Mumble	Mumble's partner		Happy Feet			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Topic
2	sing speech: express	gerund	Mumble not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: Which part is close to real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 part	det
2	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 close	cop
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 life	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 close	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which part					to real life; close property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Penguins never call to each other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 call	advmod
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 each	case
5	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	3 call	obl
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call	present	Penguins		each				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Emperor penguins recognise each other by their calls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 penguins	compound
2	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recognise	nsubj
3	recognise	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	3 recognise	obj
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 each	fixed
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 calls	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 calls	nmod:poss
8	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 recognise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	present	Emperor penguins	each				by penguins's calls	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus
2	call		penguins = penguin						nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Penguins find their partners by smell alone, never by sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 find	nsubj
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 partners	nmod:poss
4	partners	partner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 find	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 smell	case
6	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 find	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sound	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 sound	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 sound	case
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	Penguins	Penguins's partners				by smell; by sound; alone property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Topic

Option 4

Penguins tap-dance to find partners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dance	nsubj
2	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dance	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 dance	punct
4	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dance	acl
7	partners	partner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		partners					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Topic

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