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Exam question 4 · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

It is asserted that a black cat crossing one's path portends misfortune. Ascertain the correct assessment of this assertion.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: black cat, you · What happens: assert, cross, portend, ascertain, assess · To what, where: It, path, misfortune, correct assessment, assertion

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is asserted that a black cat crossing one's path portends misfortune.

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 asserted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	aux:pass
3	asserted	assert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 portends	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 portends	nsubj
8	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 cat	acl
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 path	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 one	case
11	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crossing	obj
12	portends	portend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asserted	advcl
13	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 portends	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asserted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assert	present · passive		It					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	cross	gerund	a black cat not said here	one's path					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Patient
3	portend	present	a black cat	misfortune					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: Ascertain the correct assessment of this assertion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 assessment	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 assessment	amod
4	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 assertion	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 assertion	det
7	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assessment	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct assessment of this assertion					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assessment=Topic
2	assess			this assertion					nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It is a superstition without any scientific foundation

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	4 superstition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 superstition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 superstition	det
4	superstition	superstition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	8 foundation	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 foundation	det
7	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 foundation	amod
8	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 superstition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a superstition				without any scientific foundation	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It applies only to white cats

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	2 applies	nsubj
2	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 cats	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 cats	case
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cats	amod
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 applies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	It	white cats					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 3

It applies solely to Fridays

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	2 applies	nsubj
2	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 applies	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Fridays	case
5	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 applies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	It				friday	solely property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is an established scientific fact

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	6 fact	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fact	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fact	det
4	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fact	amod
5	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fact	amod
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	present	It	a established scientific fact					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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