Test 3 · ★★ · Wild animals and tall tales
"Lol blind as a bat, my brother can't find his socks." Is the saying good science?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother · What happens: not find, be · To what, where: socks, saying good science
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Wild animals and tall tales» 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: "Lol blind as a bat, my brother can't find his socks."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 blind | punct |
| 2 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 blind | discourse |
| 3 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 bat | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bat | det |
| 6 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blind | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 find | punct |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 brother | nmod:poss |
| 9 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 find | nsubj |
| 10 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 find | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 find | advmod |
| 12 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 blind | parataxis |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 socks | nmod:poss |
| 14 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 find | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 blind | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 blind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not find in a quote | can | my brother | brother's socks | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=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: Is the saying good science?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 science | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 science | det |
| 3 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 science | compound |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 science | amod |
| 5 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 science | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the saying good science | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, bats see nothing but socks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 see | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 3 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 see | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 socks | cc |
| 7 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | bats | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
Option 2
No, bats see better than eagles in daylight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 3 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 see | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 eagles | case |
| 7 | eagles | eagle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 better | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 daylight | case |
| 9 | daylight | daylight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | bats | daylight | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, bats are totally blind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 blind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 blind | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 blind | cop |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 blind | advmod |
| 6 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | bats | blind, totally property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, bats can see; it's just a saying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 saying | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saying | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 saying | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 saying | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 saying | det |
| 11 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | bats | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a saying | tree rules |
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