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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 protects | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eagle | det |
| 5 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 protects | nsubj |
| 6 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chicks | det |
| 8 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 protects | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 hen | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hen | det |
| 11 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 protects | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 protects | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | the eagle | the chicks | a cartoon | from the hen | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The chicks catch the eagle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chicks | det |
| 2 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 catch | nsubj |
| 3 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eagle | det |
| 5 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 catch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | the chicks | the eagle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme |
Option 2
Nothing, that's exactly how the game is played
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 how | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 how | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 how | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 how | advmod |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 played | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 played | aux:pass |
| 10 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 how | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | exactly, how property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | present · passive | the game | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The hen protects the chicks; the eagle catches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hen | det |
| 2 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 protects | nsubj |
| 3 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chicks | det |
| 5 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 protects | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 catches | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 eagle | det |
| 8 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 catches | nsubj |
| 9 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 protects | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | the hen | the chicks | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | catch | present | the eagle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
There are no chicks in it, only eagles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 are | expl |
| 2 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 chicks | det |
| 4 | chicks | chick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 are | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 are | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 eagles | punct |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 eagles | advmod |
| 9 | eagles | eagle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 are | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | no chicks | it; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location |
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