Test 8 · ★★ · Cats as hunters: presents on the doormat and why Tom never…

«how did he sneak up behind me, didn't hear a thing» Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: sneak up, not hear · To what, where: thing

This is test 8 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 sneak	punct
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 sneak	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sneak	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sneak	nsubj
5	sneak	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 sneak	compound:prt
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 sneak	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hear	punct
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 hear	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 hear	advmod
12	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sneak	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thing	det
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hear	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 thing	punct
16	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 hear	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sneak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak up in a quote	past · do-support	he					behind me	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind i=Trajectory
2	not hear in a quote	past · do-support	he not said here	a thing					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

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

Soft paw pads and careful steps make cats almost silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pads	amod
2	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pads	compound
3	pads	pad	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 steps	cc
5	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 steps	amod
6	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pads	conj
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	obj
9	almost	almost	ADV	_	10 silent	advmod
10	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Soft paw pads and careful steps	cats				silent property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cat=Product

Option 2

You were deaf for a second

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 deaf	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 deaf	cop
3	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 second	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 second	det
6	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deaf	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	You				second	deaf property	tree rules

Option 3

Cats have tiny soft wheels under their paws that roll without a sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wheels	amod
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wheels	amod
5	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 paws	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 paws	nmod:poss
8	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wheels	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 roll	nsubj
10	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 paws	acl:relcl
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 sound	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sound	det
13	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 roll	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Cats	tiny soft wheels		Cats's paws			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Patient
2	roll	present	Cats's paws					without a sound	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was floating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 floating	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 floating	aux
3	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	past · progressive	He						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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