Exam question 2 · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

Identify the principal reason for which cow's milk is unsuitable for adult domestic cats.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, milk · What happens: identify, be · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 118 «Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 unsuitable	mark
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 cow	det
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 milk	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 cow	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unsuitable	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 unsuitable	cop
11	unsuitable	unsuitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 cats	case
13	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cats	amod
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cats	amod
15	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 unsuitable	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	present	which cow's milk	the principal reason not said here				for adult domestic cats; unsuitable property	tree rules

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

Cats are incapable of drinking any liquid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 incapable	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 drinking	mark
5	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 incapable	advcl
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 liquid	det
7	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cats					incapable property	tree rules
2	drink	gerund	Cats not said here	any liquid					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Patient

Option 2

Milk is lethal to all mammals after weaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lethal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lethal	cop
3	lethal	lethal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 mammals	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 mammals	det
6	mammals	mammal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lethal	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 weaning	mark
8	weaning	wean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 lethal	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Milk					to all mammals; lethal property	tree rules
2	wean	gerund	Milk not said here						vn free-10.6.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer

Option 3

Milk is excessively cold for feline consumption

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cold	cop
3	excessively	excessively	ADV	_	4 cold	advmod
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 consumption	case
6	feline	feline	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 consumption	amod
7	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Milk					for feline consumption; cold, excessively property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Adult cats lack sufficient quantities of the enzyme that digests milk sugar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lack	nsubj
3	lack	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 quantities	amod
5	quantities	quantity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lack	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 enzyme	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 enzyme	det
8	enzyme	enzyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quantities	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 digests	nsubj
10	digests	digest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 enzyme	acl:relcl
11	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sugar	compound
12	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 digests	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack	present	Adult cats	sufficient quantities of the enzyme					tree rules
2	digest	present	the enzyme	milk sugar					tree rules

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