Test 9 · ★★ · Wild animals and tall tales
A picture shows a wolf howling under a full moon. What's the likely truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: picture, wolf, likely truth · What happens: show, howl, be · To what, where: wolf, full moon
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: A picture shows a wolf howling under a full moon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 picture | det |
| 2 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 wolf | det |
| 5 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | howling | howl | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 wolf | acl |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 moon | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 moon | det |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 moon | amod |
| 10 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 howling | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a picture | a wolf | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | howl | gerund | a wolf not said here | a full moon | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under moon=Location |
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 likely truth?
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 truth | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 truth | amod |
| 5 | truth | truth | 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 likely truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Wolves howl to their pack; the Moon just makes a good picture
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 howl | nsubj |
| 2 | howl | howl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 pack | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 pack | nmod:poss |
| 5 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 howl | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 makes | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Moon | det |
| 8 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 makes | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 makes | advmod |
| 10 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 howl | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 picture | det |
| 12 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 picture | amod |
| 13 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | howl | present | Wolves | Wolves's pack | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pack=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | make | present | the Moon | a good picture | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Product |
Option 2
The wolf is calling the Moon down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calling | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calling | aux |
| 4 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 calling | obj |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 calling | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call down speech: assert | present · progressive | the wolf | the Moon | down property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent moon=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The full moon makes every wolf in the forest howl at it all night long
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 moon | det |
| 2 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 moon | amod |
| 3 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 wolf | det |
| 6 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 howl | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 howl | det |
| 9 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 howl | compound |
| 10 | howl | howl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 howl | nmod |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 night | det |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 makes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the full moon | every wolf | the forest howl at howl | night | long property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wolf=Product |
Option 4
Wolves only ever howl at the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 howl | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 howl | advmod |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 howl | advmod |
| 4 | howl | howl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 howl | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | howl | present | Wolves | ever | at the Moon | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at moon=Stimulus |
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