Test 7 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

Lily from Liverpool: «all armadillos roll up in a ball, sound?» (sound = right, OK) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, sound · What happens: roll up, put · To what, where: ball, it

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» 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

Sentence 1: Lily from Liverpool: «all armadillos roll up in a ball, sound?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 roll	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Liverpool	case
3	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Lily	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 roll	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 roll	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 armadillos	det
7	armadillos	armadillo	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 roll	nsubj
8	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 roll	compound:prt
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 ball	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ball	det
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 roll	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sound	punct
14	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ball	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 roll	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 roll	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll up in a quote	present	Lily from Liverpool			a ball and sound			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ball=Trajectory

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: (sound = right, OK) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 right	punct
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sound	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 OK	punct
6	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 right	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct
8	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	8 Put	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	sound	it				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

Only the giant armadillo, which lives in the grass plains of Brazil, can roll up in a ball

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 armadillo	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 armadillo	det
3	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 armadillo	amod
4	armadillo	armadillo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 roll	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lives	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lives	nsubj
7	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 armadillo	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 plains	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plains	det
10	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plains	compound
11	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lives	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Brazil	case
13	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 plains	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 armadillo	punct
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 roll	aux
16	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 roll	compound:prt
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 ball	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 ball	det
20	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	the giant armadillo			the grass plains of Brazil			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in plain=Location
2	roll up	can	the giant armadillo			a ball			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ball=Trajectory

Option 2

Only the pink fairy armadillo rolls up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 rolls	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 armadillo	det
3	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 armadillo	amod
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 armadillo	compound
5	armadillo	armadillo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rolls	nsubj
6	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 rolls	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll up	present	the pink fairy armadillo						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Only three-banded armadillos roll into a full ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 armadillos	advmod
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 banded	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 three	punct
4	banded	banded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 armadillos	amod
5	armadillos	armadillo	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 roll	nsubj
6	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 ball	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ball	det
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ball	amod
10	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	present	banded armadillos			a full ball			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination

Option 4

Only nine-banded armadillos can swim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 armadillos	advmod
2	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 banded	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 nine	punct
4	banded	banded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 armadillos	amod
5	armadillos	armadillo	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 swim	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 swim	aux
7	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	can	banded armadillos						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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