Test 1 · ★ · Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming
«my cat's purring at the vet so he's fine, yeah?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: purr, be · To what, where: vet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 197 «Cats: purring, whiskers, night eyes and grooming» 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's purring at the vet so he's fine, yeah?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 purring | 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 | 5 purring | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 purring | aux |
| 5 | purring | purr | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 fine | csubj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 vet | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 vet | det |
| 8 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 purring | obl |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 fine | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fine | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fine | cop |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 yeah | punct |
| 14 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 12 fine | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 fine | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr in a quote | present · progressive | my cat | the vet | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at vet=Location | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | cat | fine 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.
Sentence 2: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, purring means he is well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 purring | punct |
| 3 | purring | purr | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 well | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 well | cop |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | he | well property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, purring means he is about to bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 purring | punct |
| 3 | purring | purr | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 about | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 about | cop |
| 7 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 bite | mark |
| 9 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 about | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | he | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | bite | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, sick cats never purr
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 sick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cats | amod |
| 4 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 purr | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 purr | advmod |
| 6 | purr | purr | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not purr | present | sick cats | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not always, cats also purr when hurt or scared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 always | advmod |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 purr | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 always | punct |
| 4 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 purr | nsubj |
| 5 | also | also | ADV | _ | 6 purr | advmod |
| 6 | purr | purr | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 hurt | advmod |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 purr | advcl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 scared | cc |
| 10 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hurt | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | present | cats | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hurt | participle | cats not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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