Test 1 · ★★ · Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and…

«tom's been chasing jerry round that house 80 years and never got him, cats are rubbish hunters innit» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tom, cats, rubbish hunters · What happens: chase, not get, be · To what, where: jerry, house, tom, rubbish hunters · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 191 «Myths and cartoons put right: Tom and Jerry, elephants and mice, ostriches and more» 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	_	5 chasing	punct
2	tom	tom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chasing	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 chasing	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 chasing	aux
5	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 right	csubj
6	jerry	jerry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chasing	obj
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chasing	obl
10	80	80	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chasing	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 got	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 got	advmod
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chasing	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 got	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 hunters	punct
17	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 hunters	nsubj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 hunters	cop
19	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hunters	compound
20	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 right	nsubj
21	innit	innit	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 hunters	advmod
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 hunters	punct
23	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 right	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 right	cop
25	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	25 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase in a quote	present · progressive	tom	jerry	that house	year		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jerry=Theme round house=Trajectory
2	not get in a quote	past	tom not said here	tom				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	is a in a quote	present	cats	rubbish hunters			innit property	tree rules
4	is	present	rubbish hunters				right 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real cats hunt well, but by waiting and pouncing, not long chases

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunt	nsubj
3	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 hunt	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waiting	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 waiting	cc
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 waiting	mark
8	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hunt	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pouncing	cc
10	pouncing	pounce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 waiting	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 chases	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 chases	advmod
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chases	amod
14	chases	chase	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	Real cats	long chases	well property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	gerund	Real cats not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pounce	gerund	Real cats not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Right, real cats can never catch mice because mice are too clever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	7 catch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cats	amod
4	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catch	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 catch	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 catch	advmod
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 catch	obj
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 clever	mark
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 clever	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 clever	cop
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 clever	advmod
13	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 catch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not catch	can	real cats	mice					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
2	is	present	mice					clever property	tree rules

Option 3

Real cats only hunt cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hunt	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 hunt	advmod
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	Real cats	cheese					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme

Option 4

Right, mice are faster than cats in every way, even over a short jump

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	3 mice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faster	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 faster	cop
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 cats	case
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faster	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 way	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 faster	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 jump	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	16 jump	advmod
13	over	over	ADP	_	16 jump	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 jump	det
15	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 jump	amod
16	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 way	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	mice			every way over a short jump		than cats; fast property	tree rules

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