Test 6 · ★★ · Wild animals and tall tales

Your friend says, "Owls can spin their heads in a full circle, like a cartoon." Wise reply?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Owls · What happens: say, spin · To what, where: heads, full circle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Your friend says, "Owls can spin their heads in a full circle, like a cartoon."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spin	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 spin	punct
6	Owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spin	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 spin	aux
8	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 heads	nmod:poss
10	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spin	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 circle	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 circle	det
13	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 circle	amod
14	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spin	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cartoon	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	18 cartoon	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cartoon	det
18	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 circle	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spin	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 spin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	spin in a quote	can	Owls	Owls's heads		a full circle and a cartoon			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=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: Wise reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reply	amod
2	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reply	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

"Only baby owls can do that."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
2	Only	only	ADV	_	4 owls	advmod
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 owls	compound
4	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 do	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	can	baby owls	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

"Totally, they can turn their heads two full times round."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 turn	punct
2	Totally	totally	ADV	_	6 turn	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Totally	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 turn	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 turn	aux
6	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heads	nmod:poss
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 turn	obj
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 times	amod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 round	obl:unmarked
12	round	round	ADV	_	6 turn	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 turn	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn in a quote	can	they	their heads				round, totally property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 3

"No, owls can't turn their heads at all."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 turn	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 No	punct
4	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turn	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 turn	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 turn	advmod
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 heads	nmod:poss
9	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turn	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 turn	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn in a quote	can	owls	owls's heads		all			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"Nearly! About three-quarters round, still amazing."

Sentence 1: "Nearly!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Nearly	punct
2	Nearly	nearly	ADV	_	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Nearly	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: About three-quarters round, still amazing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	About	about	ADV	_	8 amazing	advmod
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 quarters	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 three	punct
4	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 About	obl
5	round	round	ADV	_	1 About	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 amazing	punct
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 amazing	advmod
8	amazing	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 amazing	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 amazing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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