Test 8 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies
A cartoon shows a dead goldfish with halo and harp in a «fish heaven» pond. What is the truthful note?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, truthful note · What happens: show, be · To what, where: dead goldfish
This is test 8 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» 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: A cartoon shows a dead goldfish with halo and harp in a «fish heaven» pond.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | 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 | 6 goldfish | det |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 goldfish | amod |
| 6 | goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 halo | case |
| 8 | halo | halo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 harp | cc |
| 10 | harp | harp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 halo | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 pond | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 pond | det |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 heaven | punct |
| 14 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 heaven | compound |
| 15 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 pond | compound |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 heaven | punct |
| 17 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 harp | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a dead goldfish | with halo and harp in a heaven pond | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent goldfish=Recipient |
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 truthful note?
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 | 5 note | det |
| 4 | truthful | truthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 note | amod |
| 5 | note | note | 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 truthful note | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
This is exactly what happens to every fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 what | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | cop |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happens | nsubj |
| 5 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 fish | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 fish | det |
| 8 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | This | exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | to every fish | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fish heaven is in the Bible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heaven | compound |
| 2 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Bible | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Bible | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Bible | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Bible | det |
| 6 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fish heaven | the Bible | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nobody knows for sure what happens to animals; beliefs differ
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 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 sure | case |
| 4 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 knows | obl |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 happens | nsubj |
| 6 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 animals | case |
| 8 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 happens | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 differ | punct |
| 10 | beliefs | belief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 differ | nsubj |
| 11 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 knows | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Nobody | for sure | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | to animals | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | differ | present | beliefs | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Fish turn into angels after one week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 4 angels | case |
| 4 | angels | angel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | obl |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 week | nummod |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Fish | week | into angels result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into angel=Result |
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