Test 4 · ★ · Fossils
A film shows a scientist cutting a fossil open and finding fresh dinosaur blood. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: film, scientist · What happens: show, cut, find, be · To what, where: scientist, fossil, fresh dinosaur blood
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 57 «Fossils» of the geography 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 film shows a scientist cutting a fossil open and finding fresh dinosaur blood.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 film | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 scientist | det |
| 5 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | cutting | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 scientist | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fossil | det |
| 8 | fossil | fossil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cutting | obj |
| 9 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cutting | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 finding | cc |
| 11 | finding | find | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 cutting | conj |
| 12 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 blood | amod |
| 13 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 blood | compound |
| 14 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 finding | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a film | a scientist | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent scientist=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | cut | gerund | a scientist not said here | a fossil | open property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fossil=Product | |||
| 3 | find | gerund | a scientist not said here | fresh dinosaur blood | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Topic |
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
Dinosaur blood was solid gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 blood | compound |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gold | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gold | cop |
| 4 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gold | amod |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Dinosaur blood | solid gold | tree rules |
Option 2
Dinosaurs had no blood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 blood | det |
| 4 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Dinosaurs | no blood | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient |
Option 3
Fossils are hollow inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fossils | fossil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hollow | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hollow | cop |
| 3 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 3 hollow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fossils | hollow, inside property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fossils are usually stone; fresh blood does not last millions of years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fossils | fossil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stone | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stone | cop |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 stone | advmod |
| 4 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 blood | punct |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blood | amod |
| 7 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stone | conj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 millions | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 millions | advmod |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 millions | amod |
| 11 | millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stone | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 millions | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Fossils | stone and fresh blood and last millions of years | usually property | tree rules |
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