Test 12 · ★★ · Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never…
A cat sits as still as a statue by a mouse hole for ten minutes, then pounces. Is this like the cartoon or like real life?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat, this · What happens: sit, pounce, be
This is test 12 · ★★ 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. 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: A cat sits as still as a statue by a mouse hole for ten minutes, then pounces.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | nsubj |
| 3 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 still | advmod |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 sits | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 statue | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 statue | det |
| 8 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 hole | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hole | det |
| 11 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hole | compound |
| 12 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 minutes | case |
| 14 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 minutes | nummod |
| 15 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hole | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 pounces | punct |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 pounces | advmod |
| 18 | pounces | pounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sits | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | a cat | still | as a statue; by a mouse hole for ten minutes | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hole=Location | |||
| 2 | pounce | present | a cat not said here | then | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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: Is this like the cartoon or like real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cartoon | cop |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 cartoon | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 cartoon | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cartoon | det |
| 5 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 life | cc |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 life | amod |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cartoon | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 cartoon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | like the cartoon or real life | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Both, this part of the cartoon is true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 part | det |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Both | punct |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 part | det |
| 4 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 true | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 cartoon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cartoon | det |
| 7 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 part | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 true | cop |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | both part of the cartoon | true property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Neither, cats do not hunt mice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 6 hunt | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hunt | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hunt | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 hunt | advmod |
| 6 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hunt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hunt | present · do-support | cats | mice | neither property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |
Option 3
Only the cartoon, real cats never wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 cartoon | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wait | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cats | amod |
| 6 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wait | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 wait | advmod |
| 8 | wait | wait | 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 wait | present | real cats | the cartoon | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Only real life, Tom never waits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 life | advmod |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 life | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waits | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 life | punct |
| 5 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 waits | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 waits | advmod |
| 7 | waits | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wait | present | Tom | real life | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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