Test 11 · Life begins: being born and growing up
«do frogs remember being tadpoles?» asks Grace. What is the most honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: frogs, Grace, honest answer · What happens: remember, be, ask · To what, where: tadpoles · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics 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: «do frogs remember being tadpoles?» asks Grace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 remember | aux |
| 3 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 remember | nsubj |
| 4 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 asks | ccomp |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 tadpoles | cop |
| 6 | tadpoles | tadpole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 remember | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| 9 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 asks | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember in a quote | infinitive · do-support | frogs | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | gerund | tadpoles | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | Grace | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=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: What is the most honest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 answer | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 honest | advmod |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 answer | amod |
| 6 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Frogs forget everything once a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 forget | obj |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 forget | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 once | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present | Frogs | everything | once property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nobody knows, but it is the same animal that changed shape
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 animal | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 animal | cc |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 animal | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 animal | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 animal | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 animal | amod |
| 9 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 changed | nsubj |
| 11 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 animal | acl:relcl |
| 12 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 changed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | the same animal | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | change | past | the same animal | shape | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |
Option 3
No, a frog is a different animal from the tadpole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 animal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 frog | det |
| 4 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 animal | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 animal | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 animal | det |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 animal | amod |
| 8 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 tadpole | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tadpole | det |
| 11 | tadpole | tadpole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 animal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a frog | a different animal | from the tadpole | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, frogs have long talks with each other about it in the pond
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 talks | amod |
| 6 | talks | talk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 talks | nmod |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 talks | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 pond | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 pond | det |
| 14 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | frogs | long talks | the pond | with each; about it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient |
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