Test 2 · ★ · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

In Tom and Jerry Tom gets a saucer of milk as a treat. What should a real cat get?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, real cat · What happens: get · To what, where: saucer

This is test 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. 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: In Tom and Jerry Tom gets a saucer of milk as a treat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Tom	case
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gets	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Jerry	cc
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Tom	conj
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Jerry	flat
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 saucer	det
8	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gets	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 milk	case
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saucer	nmod
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 treat	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 treat	det
13	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gets	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Tom and Jerry	a saucer of milk				as a treat	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer saucer=Stimulus as treat=Attribute

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: What should a real cat get?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 get	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cat	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cat	amod
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	should	a real cat						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

A saucer of milk every day, like in the cartoon, as a special treat

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 saucer	det
2	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 milk	case
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saucer	nmod
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saucer	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cartoon	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 cartoon	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cartoon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cartoon	det
11	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saucer	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 treat	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 treat	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 treat	det
15	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 treat	amod
16	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saucer	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

Fresh water to drink, as milk upsets most adult cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 drink	mark
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 upsets	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 upsets	mark
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 upsets	nsubj
8	upsets	upset	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 drink	conj
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 adult	advmod
10	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cats	amod
11	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 upsets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	to-infinitive	Fresh water						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	upset	present	milk	adult cats					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cat=Experiencer

Option 3

A bucket of cream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bucket	det
2	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cream	case
4	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bucket	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Milk and cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cheese	cc
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Milk	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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