Test 14 · ★★ · Classifying unusual animals

Leo says no mammal lays eggs. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, mammal · What happens: say, lay · To what, where: eggs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Classifying unusual animals» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 mammal	det
4	mammal	mammal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lays	nsubj
5	lays	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lays	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lay	present	no mammal	eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, the platypus and the echidna do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 platypus	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 platypus	det
4	platypus	platypus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 echidna	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 echidna	det
7	echidna	echidna	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 platypus	conj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the platypus and the echidna						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, all mammals give birth to live young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 mammals	det
4	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 young	case
8	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 young	amod
9	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	all mammals	birth	live young				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent birth=Theme to young=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, only birds and reptiles lay eggs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 birds	advmod
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lay	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 reptiles	cc
6	reptiles	reptile	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 birds	conj
7	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	birds and reptiles	eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

Option 4

No, bats lay eggs too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct
3	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lay	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	4 lay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	bats	eggs					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result

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