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Test 5 · ★★★ · Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!

In a cartoon the eagle protects the chicks from the hen. What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: eagle · What happens: protect, be · To what, where: chicks, cartoon

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 14 «Games: rock-paper-scissors, hide and seek, cheat!» of the Chinese street 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 a cartoon the eagle protects the chicks from the hen.

casedetobldetnsubjdetobjcasedetoblpunctrootInADPaDETcartoonNOUNtheDETeagleNOUNprotectsVERBtheDETchicksNOUNfromADPtheDEThenNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 cartooncase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 cartoondet
3cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing6 protectsobl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 eagledet
5eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing6 protectsnsubj
6protectsprotectVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 chicksdet
8chickschickNOUNNumber=Plur6 protectsobj
9fromfromADP_11 hencase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 hendet
11henhenNOUNNumber=Sing6 protectsobl
12..PUNCT_6 protectspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1protectpresentthe eaglethe chicksa cartoonfrom the henvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent chick=Beneficiary from hen=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: What's wrong?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

The chicks catch the eagle

detnsubjdetobjrootTheDETchicksNOUNcatchVERBtheDETeagleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 chicksdet
2chickschickNOUNNumber=Plur3 catchnsubj
3catchcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 eagledet
5eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing3 catchobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1catchpresentthe chicksthe eaglevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme

Option 2

Nothing, that's exactly how the game is played

nsubjpunctnsubjcopadvmoddetnsubj:passaux:passccomprootNothingPRON,PUNCTthatPRON'sAUXexactlyADVhowADVtheDETgameNOUNisAUXplayedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 hownsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 hownsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 howcop
5exactlyexactlyADV_6 howadvmod
6howhowADVPronType=Introotroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 gamedet
8gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing10 playednsubj:pass
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 playedaux:pass
10playedplayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 howccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentNothingexactly, how propertytree rules
2playpresent · passivethe gamevn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

The hen protects the chicks; the eagle catches

detnsubjdetobjpunctdetnsubjconjrootTheDEThenNOUNprotectsVERBtheDETchicksNOUN;PUNCTtheDETeagleNOUNcatchesVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 hendet
2henhenNOUNNumber=Sing3 protectsnsubj
3protectsprotectVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 chicksdet
5chickschickNOUNNumber=Plur3 protectsobj
6;;PUNCT_9 catchespunct
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 eagledet
8eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing9 catchesnsubj
9catchescatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 protectsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1protectpresentthe henthe chicksvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Beneficiary
2catchpresentthe eaglevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

There are no chicks in it, only eagles

expldetnsubjcaseoblpunctadvmodconjrootTherePRONareVERBnoDETchicksNOUNinADPitPRON,PUNCTonlyADVeaglesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 areexpl
2arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg4 chicksdet
4chickschickNOUNNumber=Plur2 arensubj
5ininADP_6 itcase
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 areobl
7,,PUNCT_9 eaglespunct
8onlyonlyADV_9 eaglesadvmod
9eagleseagleNOUNNumber=Plur2 areconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doespresentno chicksit; therevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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