Test 3 · Mammals and how they care for their young
A scientist finds an animal with fur that lays eggs and feeds its babies milk. What is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: scientist, fur · What happens: find, lay, feed, be · To what, where: animal, eggs, babies milk
This is test 3 of lesson 75 «Mammals and how they care for their young» 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 scientist finds an animal with fur that lays eggs and feeds its babies milk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 scientist | det |
| 2 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 animal | det |
| 5 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fur | case |
| 7 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lays | nsubj |
| 9 | lays | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fur | acl:relcl |
| 10 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lays | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 feeds | cc |
| 12 | feeds | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lays | conj |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 milk | nmod:poss |
| 14 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 milk | compound |
| 15 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 feeds | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a scientist | a animal | with fur | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Topic | |||
| 2 | lay | present | fur | eggs | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | ||||
| 3 | feed | present | fur not said here | scientist's babies milk | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent milk=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 is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | scientist | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A reptile that makes milk for its babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 reptile | det |
| 2 | reptile | reptile | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reptile | acl:relcl |
| 5 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 babies | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 babies | nmod:poss |
| 8 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a reptile | milk | for milk's babies | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent milk=Material for baby=Beneficiary |
Option 2
A fish that has learned to live on land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fish | det |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 learned | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 learned | aux |
| 5 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 fish | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 live | mark |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 learned | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 land | case |
| 9 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present · perfect | a fish | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | a fish not said here | land | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location |
Option 3
A bird that has grown fur instead of feathers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 grown | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grown | aux |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 bird | acl:relcl |
| 6 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grown | obj |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 9 feathers | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 instead | fixed |
| 9 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present · perfect | a bird | fur | instead feathers | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fur=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
An egg-laying mammal like a platypus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mammal | det |
| 2 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laying | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 egg | punct |
| 4 | laying | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 mammal | amod |
| 5 | mammal | mammal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 platypus | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 platypus | det |
| 8 | platypus | platypus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mammal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | gerund | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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