Test 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a s…

wait so the sea cows are like, the dumbest animals ever, innit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait · To what, where: sea cows

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 619 «The Jungle Book, The White Seal, part 20: Kotick finds a safe island and wins a fight for the seals» of the books 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	5 cows	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cows	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cows	compound
5	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 wait	obl
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 like	cop
7	like	like	INTJ	_	5 cows	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 animals	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 animals	det
10	dumbest	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 animals	amod
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cows	conj
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 animals	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	the sea cows and the dumbest animals					vn exist-47.1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

yeah totally dumb, they can't even talk and they just float around the whole sea all day doing nothing useful

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 dumb	discourse
2	totally	totally	ADV	_	3 dumb	advmod
3	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talk	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 talk	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 talk	advmod
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 talk	advmod
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dumb	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 float	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 float	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 float	advmod
13	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dumb	conj
14	around	around	ADP	_	17 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sea	amod
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 float	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 day	det
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 float	obl:unmarked
20	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 float	advcl
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 doing	obj
22	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 nothing	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	not talk	can	they				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	float	present	they		the whole sea	day	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around sea=Trajectory
3	do	gerund	they not said here	nothing			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 2

nah they're not dumb, they just talk with their tails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 dumb	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dumb	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dumb	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 dumb	advmod
5	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 talk	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 talk	advmod
9	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dumb	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 tails	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tails	nmod:poss
12	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	they					dumb property	tree rules
2	talk	present	they					with their tails	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with tail=Co-Agent

Option 3

nah they're not dumb at all, they're just quiet and smart, they signal with their flippers and their joints and everything

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 dumb	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dumb	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dumb	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 dumb	advmod
5	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 dumb	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 quiet	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 quiet	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 quiet	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 quiet	advmod
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dumb	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 smart	cc
14	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 quiet	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 signal	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 signal	nsubj
17	signal	signal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dumb	conj
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 flippers	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 flippers	nmod:poss
20	flippers	flipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 signal	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 joints	cc
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 joints	nmod:poss
23	joints	joint	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 flippers	conj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 everything	cc
25	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	20 flippers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not is	present	they	all	dumb property	tree rules
2	is	present	they		quiet property	tree rules
3	be		they not said here			tree rules
4	signal speech: other	present	they		with their flippers and flippers's joints	vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah they're just quiet, they signal with their flipper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 quiet	discourse
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 quiet	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 quiet	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 quiet	advmod
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 signal	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 signal	nsubj
8	signal	signal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 quiet	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 flipper	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 flipper	nmod:poss
11	flipper	flipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they					quiet property	tree rules
2	signal speech: other	present	they					with their flipper	vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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