Test 6 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands
A zoo shows a polar bear and a penguin side by side in an "Antarctic" display. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: zoo · What happens: show, be · To what, where: polar bear
This is test 6 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A zoo shows a polar bear and a penguin side by side in an "Antarctic" display.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 zoo | det |
| 2 | zoo | zoo | 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 bear | det |
| 5 | polar | polar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bear | amod |
| 6 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 side | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 side | det |
| 9 | penguin | penguin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 side | compound |
| 10 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bear | conj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 side | case |
| 12 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 display | case |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 display | det |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Antarctic | punct |
| 16 | Antarctic | antarctic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 display | compound |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Antarctic | punct |
| 18 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 side | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a zoo | a polar bear and a penguin side | by side in a Antarctic display | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bear=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 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
Penguins live only in the Arctic, far away from the bears
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 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 live | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Arctic | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Arctic | det |
| 6 | Arctic | Arctic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 live | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 away | punct |
| 8 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 away | advmod |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 live | advmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 bears | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bears | det |
| 12 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Penguins | the Arctic | away property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arctic=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Polar bears live in the Arctic, not in Antarctica
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 live | nsubj |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Arctic | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Arctic | det |
| 6 | Arctic | Arctic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Antarctica | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 Antarctica | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Antarctica | case |
| 10 | Antarctica | Antarctica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Arctic | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Polar bears | the Arctic and Antarctica | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arctic=Location |
Option 3
Both animals live only in hot lands near the equator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 lands | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 lands | case |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lands | amod |
| 7 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| 8 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 equator | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 equator | det |
| 10 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | both animals | hot lands | near the equator | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
Option 4
Nothing, both live together on the ice in Antarctica
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 live | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 live | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 ice | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ice | det |
| 8 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Antarctica | case |
| 10 | Antarctica | Antarctica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 ice | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live together | present | both | the ice in Antarctica | Nothing vocative; together property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Location |
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