Test 6 · ★ · Fossils
ugh my brother says "dinosaurs were all scaly lizards, birds are totally different". Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, dinosaurs, scaly lizards, you · What happens: say, be, fix · To what, where: scaly lizards, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: ugh my brother says "dinosaurs were all scaly lizards, birds are totally different".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 4 says | discourse |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 lizards | punct |
| 6 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lizards | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 lizards | cop |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 lizards | advmod |
| 9 | scaly | scaly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lizards | amod |
| 10 | lizards | lizard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 different | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 birds | punct |
| 12 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lizards | conj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 different | cop |
| 14 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 15 different | advmod |
| 15 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 different | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | dinosaurs | scaly lizards and birds | all property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | scaly lizards and birds | different, totally property | tree rules |
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: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | it | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Dinosaurs were all bald
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bald | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bald | cop |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 bald | advmod |
| 4 | bald | bald | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Dinosaurs | all, bald property | tree rules |
Option 2
Birds are a kind of lizard, not dinosaur, he's half right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kind | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 lizard | case |
| 6 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dinosaur | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 dinosaur | advmod |
| 9 | dinosaur | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 right | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 right | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 right | cop |
| 13 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 14 right | advmod |
| 14 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kind | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Birds | a kind and dinosaur | of lizard | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | dinosaur | half, right property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many dinosaurs had feathers, and birds are living dinosaurs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dinosaurs | amod |
| 2 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dinosaurs | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 dinosaurs | cc |
| 7 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 dinosaurs | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 dinosaurs | cop |
| 9 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 dinosaurs | amod |
| 10 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Many dinosaurs | feathers | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | birds | living dinosaurs | tree rules |
Option 4
Dinosaurs were all furry mammals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mammals | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mammals | cop |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 mammals | advmod |
| 4 | furry | furry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mammals | amod |
| 5 | mammals | mammal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Dinosaurs | furry mammals | all property | tree rules |
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