Test 2 · ★ · Pets and farm animals
In a film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the bull stands still, bored. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bullfighter, bull · What happens: swap, stand, be · To what, where: red cape, film
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm 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 film, a bullfighter swaps the red cape for a blue one and the bull stands still, bored.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swaps | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bullfighter | det |
| 6 | bullfighter | bullfighter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swaps | nsubj |
| 7 | swaps | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cape | det |
| 9 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cape | amod |
| 10 | cape | cape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swaps | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 one | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swaps | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 stands | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bull | det |
| 17 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 stands | nsubj |
| 18 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 swaps | conj |
| 19 | still | still | ADV | _ | 21 bored | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 still | punct |
| 21 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 stands | xcomp |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 swaps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | present | a bullfighter | the red cape | a film | for a blue one | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent cape=Theme for one=Co-Theme | ||
| 2 | stand | present | the bull | bored property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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: 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
The bull would charge harder at blue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bull | det |
| 2 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charge | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 charge | aux |
| 4 | charge | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 charge | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 blue | case |
| 7 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 charge | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | would | the bull | blue | hard property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at blue=Trajectory |
Option 2
Bulls run away from blue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 run | nsubj |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 run | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 blue | case |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | present | Bulls | blue | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from blue=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing would happen, because bulls only ever hate the colour red
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hate | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 hate | mark |
| 6 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hate | nsubj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 hate | advmod |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 hate | advmod |
| 9 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 happen | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 colour | det |
| 11 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 red | compound |
| 12 | red | red | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | Nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hate | infinitive | bulls | colour red | ever | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The bull would still charge, because it reacts to movement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bull | det |
| 2 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 charge | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 charge | aux |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 charge | advmod |
| 5 | charge | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 reacts | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 reacts | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 reacts | nsubj |
| 9 | reacts | react | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 charge | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 movement | case |
| 11 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reacts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | would | the bull | still | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | react | present | it | to movement | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to movement=Theme |
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