Test 10 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

why are there no penguins up by the north pole, polar bears'd eat em?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: penguins · What happens: be, eat · To what, where: em

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 there	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 there	cop
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 penguins	det
5	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 eat	nsubj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 penguins	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 pole	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pole	det
9	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pole	compound
10	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 penguins	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bears	punct
12	polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bears	amod
13	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 penguins	conj
14	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 eat	aux
15	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 there	parataxis
16	em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 eat	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 there	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						there property	tree rules
2	eat	would	no penguins by the north pole and polar bears	em = they					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.

The options

Option 1

The north is too warm for penguins to live there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 north	det
2	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warm	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 warm	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 warm	advmod
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 penguins	case
7	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 warm	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 live	mark
9	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 warm	advcl
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the north					for penguins; warm property	tree rules
2	live	to-infinitive	the north not said here			there			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Polar bears ate all the penguins in the north long ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polar	polar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bears	amod
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 penguins	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 penguins	det
6	penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 north	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 north	det
9	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	obl
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 ago	advmod
11	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 ate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Polar bears	all penguins		the north		ago property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penguin=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Penguins live in the south, mostly around Antarctica

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 south	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 south	det
5	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Antarctica	punct
7	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	9 Antarctica	advmod
8	around	around	ADP	_	9 Antarctica	case
9	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Penguins			the south		around Antarctica	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in south=Location

Option 4

Penguins live at the North Pole but hide in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penguins	penguin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	nsubj
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 Pole	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pole	det
5	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Pole	compound
6	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 live	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 hide	cc
8	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 live	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 winter	case
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Penguins			the North Pole			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pole=Location
2	hide	present	Penguins not said here				winter		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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