Test 3 · ★ · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…
«Ginger's lost about 3 lives already lol, 6 left» What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: lose, leave, be · To what, where: Ginger, truth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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 lost | punct |
| 2 | Ginger | ginger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 3 | advmod |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 lives | nummod |
| 7 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lost | obj |
| 8 | already | already | ADV | _ | 7 lives | advmod |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 11 6 | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 6 | punct |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 lost | obl |
| 12 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 6 | acl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 left | punct |
| 14 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 truth | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 truth | cop |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 truth | det |
| 17 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 6 | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | present · passive | Ginger | 6 obl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | participle | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is a | present | the truth | 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
He has six lives left for sure, so he can take a few more risks
The tree, 15 words
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 | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 lives | nummod |
| 4 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 lives | acl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 sure | case |
| 7 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 take | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 take | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 take | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 take | aux |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | parataxis |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 risks | det |
| 14 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 risks | amod |
| 15 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 risks | amod |
| 16 | risks | risk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | six lives | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave | participle | six lives not said here | for sure | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for sure=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | take | can | he | a few more risks | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cats have only one life, so he needs care like any pet
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 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 one | advmod |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 life | nummod |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 have | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 needs | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 needs | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 needs | nsubj |
| 9 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 have | parataxis |
| 10 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 needs | obj |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 pet | case |
| 12 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 pet | det |
| 13 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 needs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Cats | one life | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | ||||
| 2 | need | present | he | care | like any pet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |
Option 3
Cats get a new life every birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 life | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 life | amod |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 birthday | det |
| 7 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Cats | a new life | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary birthday=Theme |
Option 4
He has eight left, he is wrong
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 | 4 left | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | aux |
| 3 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 left | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wrong | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 wrong | cop |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 left | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · perfect | He | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | he | wrong property | 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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