Test 5 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet
A bird sits under a cover in a quiet room from evening till morning. Why is this good for it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bird, this · What happens: sit, be · To what, where: cover
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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: A bird sits under a cover in a quiet room from evening till morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | nsubj |
| 3 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 cover | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cover | det |
| 6 | cover | cover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 9 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 room | amod |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | obl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 evening | case |
| 12 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 room | nmod |
| 13 | till | till | ADP | _ | 14 morning | case |
| 14 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 evening | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | a bird | a cover | in a quiet room from evening till morning | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under cover=Location |
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: Why is this good for it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 good | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 good | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 good | nsubj |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 good | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 good | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | for room; good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It stops the bird from eating at night and getting fat
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 | 2 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stops | obj |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 eating | mark |
| 6 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 stops | advcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eating | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 getting | cc |
| 10 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 eating | conj |
| 11 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 getting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | It | the bird | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality bird=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | night | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | get | gerund | fat | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fat=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Birds need about ten to twelve hours of dark, quiet sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 ten | advmod |
| 4 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 hours | nummod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 twelve | case |
| 6 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 ten | nmod |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 need | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 sleep | case |
| 9 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sleep | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dark | punct |
| 11 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sleep | amod |
| 12 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hours | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Birds | hour | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 3
Birds are afraid of seeing the moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 afraid | cop |
| 3 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 seeing | mark |
| 5 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 afraid | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 moon | det |
| 7 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seeing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Birds | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | gerund | Birds not said here | the moon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus |
Option 4
It keeps the bird warm like a coat
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 | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obj |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 coat | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 coat | det |
| 8 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | the bird | like a coat; warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
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