Test 10 · ★ · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»
A cartoon shows a boy digging up his goldfish, who pops out alive and waves. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, boy · What happens: show, dig up, pop out, be · To what, where: boy, goldfish
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» 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 boy digging up his goldfish, who pops out alive and waves.
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 | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | digging | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 boy | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 digging | compound:prt |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 goldfish | nmod:poss |
| 9 | goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 digging | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 pops | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 pops | nsubj |
| 12 | pops | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 boy | acl:relcl |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 pops | compound:prt |
| 14 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 pops | xcomp |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 waves | cc |
| 16 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 alive | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a boy | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | dig up | gerund | a boy not said here | cartoon's goldfish | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent goldfish=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | pop out | present | a boy | alive property | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Goldfish can live under ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 live | aux |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 ground | case |
| 5 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | Goldfish | ground | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under ground=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The boy should dig deeper to find it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dig | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 dig | aux |
| 4 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | deeper | deep | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 dig | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 find | mark |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dig | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | should | the boy | deep property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | the boy not said here | it | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The fish is dead and its body is breaking down; it won't come back
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 | 2 fish | det |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dead | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dead | cop |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 breaking | cc |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 body | nmod:poss |
| 7 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 breaking | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 breaking | aux |
| 9 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 dead | conj |
| 10 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 breaking | compound:prt |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 come | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 come | nsubj |
| 13 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 come | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 come | advmod |
| 15 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dead | parataxis |
| 16 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the fish | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | break down | present · progressive | fish's body | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | not come back | future | body | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Fish really do come back if you dig
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 dig | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 dig | nsubj |
| 8 | dig | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present · do-support | Fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dig a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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