Test 1 · ★ · Migration and hibernation
A storks' nest on a roof stands empty all winter and the storks return in April. What did the storks do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nest, storks · What happens: stand, return, do
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 28 «Migration and hibernation» of the world 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 storks' nest on a roof stands empty all winter and the storks return in April.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 storks | det |
| 2 | storks | stork | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nest | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 storks | case |
| 4 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stands | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 roof | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nest | nmod |
| 8 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stands | xcomp |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 winter | det |
| 11 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stands | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 return | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 storks | det |
| 14 | storks | stork | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 return | nsubj |
| 15 | return | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stands | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 April | case |
| 17 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 return | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 stands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | a storks's nest on a roof | winter | empty property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | return | present | the storks | april | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What did the storks do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 storks | det |
| 4 | storks | stork | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | the storks | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
They hibernated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hibernated | nsubj |
| 2 | hibernated | hibernate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hibernate | past | They | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They migrated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 migrated | nsubj |
| 2 | migrated | migrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | migrate | past | They | tree rules |
Option 3
They stored food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stored | nsubj |
| 2 | stored | store | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stored | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | past | They | food | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
Option 4
They changed colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 changed | nsubj |
| 2 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | They | colour | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |
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