Test 1 · ★ · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

«cats always land on their feet so it's fine if she jumps off the balcony» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cats, she · What happens: land, be, jump off · To what, where: feet, balcony · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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	_	4 land	punct
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 land	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 land	advmod
4	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 land	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 fine	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fine	expl
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fine	cop
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 land	advcl
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 jumps	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 jumps	nsubj
14	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	advcl
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 jumps	compound:prt
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 balcony	det
17	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 jumps	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 jumps	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 land	parataxis
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 land	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	land in a quote	present	cats		cats's feet	always property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	cats not said here			fine property	tree rules
3	jump off a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	she	the balcony			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme balcony=Trajectory
4	is	present				right property	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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, cats never get hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	nsubj:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 hurt	advmod
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux:pass
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	present · passive		cats					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Yes, if she has lives left, the fall only takes one of her nine away

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 has	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 left	aux
6	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 takes	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fall	det
10	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 takes	nsubj
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 takes	advmod
12	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 left	parataxis
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 takes	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 nine	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 nine	nmod:poss
16	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 one	nmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	12 takes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · perfect							vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	present	the fall	one of fall's nine				away property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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

No, cats can still be badly hurt, so windows and balconies need screens

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hurt	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux
5	still	still	ADV	_	8 hurt	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 hurt	aux:pass
7	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 need	advmod
11	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 need	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 balconies	cc
13	balconies	balcony	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 windows	conj
14	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	parataxis
15	screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	can · passive		cats			still	badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	need	present	windows and balconies	screens					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot screen=Theme

Option 4

No, cats never land on their feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 land	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 land	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 land	advmod
5	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 feet	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 land	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not land	present	cats			cats's feet			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on foot=Destination

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