Test 4 · ★ · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

«my nan gives her cat a saucer of milk every night, like Tom» What is the best advice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, best advice · What happens: give, be · To what, where: saucer, cat

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 118 «Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?» of the biology 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cat	nmod:poss
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 saucer	det
8	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 milk	case
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saucer	nmod
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obl:unmarked
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Tom	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 Tom	case
15	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 Tom	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 Tom	nmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 What	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 advice	det
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 advice	amod
21	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 What	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	present	my nan	a saucer of milk	nan's cat		night	like Tom	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient saucer=Theme
2	is a	present	the best advice						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

Add sugar so the cat likes it more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 likes	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 likes	nsubj
6	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Add	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 likes	obj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 likes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	sugar					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient
2	like	present	the cat	sugar					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2

Milk is the best drink for every cat, young or old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drink	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drink	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 drink	amod
5	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 cat	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 young	punct
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 drink	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 old	cc
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 young	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Milk	the best drink				for every cat	tree rules

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

Give water; most adult cats cannot digest milk well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 digest	punct
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 cats	amod
5	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cats	amod
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 digest	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 digest	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 digest	advmod
9	digest	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 digest	obj
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 digest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	water					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	not digest	can	most adult cats	milk				well property	tree rules

Option 4

Give the cat cold coffee instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cat	det
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coffee	amod
5	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	cold coffee	the cat			instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient coffee=Theme

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