Exam question 2 · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the provision of cow's milk to adult cats.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, milk · What happens: select, establish, concern, provide · To what, where: response, provision

This is exam question 2 of lesson 199 «Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and landing on their feet» 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

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 provision	det
11	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 milk	case
13	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 milk	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 cow	case
15	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 provision	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 cats	case
17	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cats	amod
18	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	the provision of cow's milk	to adult cats	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus provision=Experiencer
4	provide		cow's milk			nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

Cow's milk is the most suitable daily drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 milk	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Cow	case
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drink	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 drink	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 drink	det
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 suitable	advmod
7	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drink	amod
8	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drink	amod
9	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Cow's milk	the suitable daily drink					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Most adult cats digest it poorly, and water is the appropriate drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 cats	amod
2	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cats	amod
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 digest	nsubj
4	digest	digest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 digest	obj
6	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	4 digest	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 drink	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 drink	cc
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drink	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 drink	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 drink	det
12	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 drink	amod
13	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 digest	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest	present	Most adult cats	it				poorly property	tree rules
2	is a	present	water	the appropriate drink					tree rules

Option 3

Milk is required for the growth of the whiskers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 growth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 growth	det
6	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 whiskers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 whiskers	det
9	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 growth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Milk				for the growth of the whiskers	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	grow		the whiskers						nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Adult cats are unable to drink water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unable	cop
4	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 drink	mark
6	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	xcomp
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Adult cats					unable property	tree rules
2	drink	to-infinitive	Adult cats not said here	water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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