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It is given that a cartoon cat is struck with a frying pan, flattened, and immediately restored. Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a living cat.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: give, strike, flatten, restore, select, establish · To what, where: It, cartoon cat, response, living cat

This is exam question 3 of lesson 198 «Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never catches Jerry» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a cartoon cat is struck with a frying pan, flattened, and immediately restored.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 struck	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
6	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cat	compound
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 struck	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 struck	aux:pass
9	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 pan	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pan	det
12	frying	frying	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pan	compound
13	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 struck	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 flattened	punct
15	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 restored	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 restored	cc
18	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	19 restored	advmod
19	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 flattened	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	strike	present · passive		a cartoon cat				with a frying pan	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with pan=Instrument
3	flatten	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	restore	participle						immediately property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a living cat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cat	det
11	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cat	amod
12	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a living cat					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cat=Experiencer

The options

Option 1

A living cat would merely require sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 require	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 require	aux
5	merely	merely	ADV	_	6 require	advmod
6	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 require	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	would	a living cat	sleep				merely property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sleep=Precondition

Option 2

A living cat would likewise be restored at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restored	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 restored	aux
5	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	7 restored	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 restored	aux:pass
7	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	would · passive		a living cat				likewise property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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

A living cat so struck would sustain serious injury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sustain	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 struck	advmod
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cat	acl:relcl
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sustain	aux
7	sustain	sustain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 injury	amod
9	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sustain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	a living cat not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sustain	would	a living cat	serious injury					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme

Option 4

A living cat possesses no bones and is therefore unharmed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possesses	nsubj
4	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 bones	det
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 possesses	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unharmed	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unharmed	cop
9	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	10 unharmed	advmod
10	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 possesses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	a living cat	no bones					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bone=Theme
2	is	present	a living cat not said here					therefore, unharmed property	tree rules

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