Test 5 · ★ · April Fools' Day
Grandpa shows a stuffed jackalope. Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandpa · What happens: show, stuff, be · To what, where: stuffed jackalope
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» of the everyday 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: Grandpa shows a stuffed jackalope.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 jackalope | det |
| 4 | stuffed | stuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 jackalope | amod |
| 5 | jackalope | jackalope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Grandpa | a stuffed jackalope | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jackalope=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | stuff | participle | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's a made-up animal and a family joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 animal | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 animal | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 animal | det |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 animal | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 joke | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 joke | det |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 joke | compound |
| 11 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 animal | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a made animal and a family joke | tree rules |
Option 2
Jackalopes have no ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackalopes | jackalope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 ears | det |
| 4 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Jackalopes | no ears | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
Option 3
Jackalopes really live in Texas deserts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackalopes | jackalope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 deserts | case |
| 5 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 deserts | compound |
| 6 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Jackalopes | Texas deserts | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location |
Option 4
It's a real rare rabbit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rabbit | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rabbit | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rabbit | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rabbit | amod |
| 5 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rabbit | amod |
| 6 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a real rare rabbit | tree rules |
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