Test 6 · ★ · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

«my cat brought a dead mouse to the door, gross, why??» What is a good idea about why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: bring, be · To what, where: dead mouse, door, good idea

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: «my cat brought a dead mouse to the door, gross, why??»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cat	nmod:poss
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mouse	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mouse	amod
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gross	punct
12	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 door	amod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 why	punct
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 gross	parataxis
15	??	??	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring in a quote	past	my cat	a dead mouse		the door			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme to door=Destination

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 a good idea about why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 idea	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 why	case
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 idea	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1

It is paying rent for the food and the warm bed you give it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 paying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paying	aux
3	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paying	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 food	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 food	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paying	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bed	det
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bed	amod
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 food	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 give	nsubj
13	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paying	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · progressive	It	rent				for the food and the warm bed	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent rent=Asset for food=Theme
2	give	present	you	rent					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Home is its safe den, and mother cats bring prey for kittens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 den	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 den	cop
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 den	nmod:poss
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 den	amod
5	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bring	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bring	cc
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cats	compound
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bring	nsubj
10	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 den	conj
11	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bring	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 kittens	case
13	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Home	Home's safe den					tree rules
2	bring	present	mother cats	prey				for kittens	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent prey=Theme

Option 3

It is trying to poison you with a mouse that it found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 poison	mark
5	poison	poison	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 poison	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 mouse	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poison	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 found	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 found	nsubj
12	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	It			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	poison not said to happen	to-infinitive		you	with a mouse	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with mouse=Instrument
3	find	past	mouse			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It wants you to cook it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cook	mark
5	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	It	you					tree rules
2	cook not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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