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Test 4 · ★ · Birds and baby animals

In a cartoon a tiny hummingbird sits on a goose's back, flying south. What's the real story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tiny hummingbird, real story · What happens: sit, fly, be · To what, where: cartoon

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» of the myths 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 a tiny hummingbird sits on a goose's back, flying south.

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	7 sits	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hummingbird	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hummingbird	amod
6	hummingbird	hummingbird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sits	nsubj
7	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 back	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 goose	det
10	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 back	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 goose	case
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sits	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flying	punct
14	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 sits	advcl
15	south	south	ADV	_	14 flying	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	a tiny hummingbird			a cartoon		on a goose's back	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location
2	fly	gerund	a tiny hummingbird not said here					south property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 the real story?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the real story						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That's exactly how they migrate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 how	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 how	cop
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 how	advmod
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 migrate	nsubj
6	migrate	migrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 how	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					exactly, how property	tree rules
2	migrate	present	they						tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Hummingbirds make their long journeys by themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hummingbirds	hummingbird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 journeys	nmod:poss
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 journeys	amod
5	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 themselves	case
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Hummingbirds	Hummingbirds's long journeys				by Hummingbirds = hummingbird	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product
2	journey		Hummingbirds = hummingbird						nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Geese carry them only over the sea, then they fly alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carry	nsubj
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carry	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 sea	advmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fly	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 fly	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fly	nsubj
11	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 carry	parataxis
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 fly	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	Geese	them = they		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	fly	present	Geese = goose				then	alone property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Hummingbirds walk south instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hummingbirds	hummingbird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	nsubj
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	south	south	ADV	_	2 walk	advmod
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	Hummingbirds					instead, south property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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