Test 7 · ★ · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

«why does she knead me like dough with her claws, it hurts» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, dough · What happens: knead, hurt, be · To what, where: me, reason

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	5 knead	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 knead	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 knead	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knead	nsubj
5	knead	knead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 hurts	advcl
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 knead	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 dough	case
8	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knead	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 claws	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 claws	nmod:poss
11	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 knead	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hurts	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hurts	nsubj
14	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 reason	advcl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 hurts	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 reason	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 reason	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reason	det
19	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	knead in a quote	present · do-support	she	me	like dough; with her claws	vn touch-20 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent i=Experiencer with claw=Instrument
2	hurt in a quote	present	dough			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a	present		the reason		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

She is angry with you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					with you; angry property	tree rules

Option 2

She is sharpening her claws on purpose to hurt you because you are too soft and comfy

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sharpening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sharpening	aux
3	sharpening	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 claws	nmod:poss
5	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sharpening	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sharpening	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hurt	mark
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sharpening	advcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	obj
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 soft	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 soft	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 soft	cop
14	too	too	ADV	_	15 soft	advmod
15	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hurt	advcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 comfy	cc
17	comfy	comfy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 soft	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sharpen	present · progressive	She	her claws	purpose		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent claw=Patient
2	hurt	to-infinitive	She not said here	you			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient
3	is	present	you			soft property	tree rules
4	be		you not said here				tree rules

Option 3

She wants to bake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bake	mark
4	bake	bake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	bake not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It starts from kittenhood feeding and leaves scent; a thick blanket helps

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 starts	nsubj
2	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 feeding	case
4	kittenhood	kittenhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feeding	compound
5	feeding	feeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 starts	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leaves	cc
7	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starts	conj
8	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leaves	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 helps	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 blanket	det
11	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 blanket	amod
12	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 helps	nsubj
13	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	start	present	It		kittenhood feeding	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	leave	present		scent		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=Theme
3	help	present	a thick blanket			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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