Test 7 · ★ · Tom and Jerry: do real cats really chase mice?

Your cat brings you a mouse. What is the best way to react?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, best way · What happens: bring, be, react · To what, where: mouse, you

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Your cat brings you a mouse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cat	nmod:poss
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	nsubj
3	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 brings	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mouse	det
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Your cat	a mouse	you				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination mouse=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 the best way to react?

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 react	mark
7	react	react	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	react	to-infinitive	the best way not said here						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay calm, move the cat away and clean up, since shouting only scares it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 move	punct
4	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 move	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 move	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 clean	cc
9	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 clean	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 scares	punct
12	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 scares	mark
13	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 scares	csubj
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 scares	advmod
15	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 scares	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move away	infinitive	you not said here	the cat	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme cat=Result
3	clean up	infinitive	you not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	shout speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	scare	present	shouting	cat		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Option 2

Shout at the cat until it learns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 cat	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 learns	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 learns	nsubj
7	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					at the cat	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	learn	present	cat						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Give the mouse back to the cat to eat

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 mouse	det
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 eat	mark
9	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	imperative	you not said here	the mouse	the cat				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme to cat=Recipient
2	eat	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Reward it with a saucer of milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reward	reward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Reward	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 saucer	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 saucer	det
5	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reward	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 milk	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saucer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	imperative	you not said here	it				with a saucer of milk	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with saucer=Theme

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