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Test 8 · ★ · Cat body language and cat myths: milk, nine lives and land…

«tail's whipping about but he's purring, so keep stroking?» What is wiser?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: whip, purr, keep, stroke, be

This is test 8 · ★ 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: «tail's whipping about but he's purring, so keep stroking?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 whipping	punct
2	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whipping	compound
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 whipping	aux
4	whipping	whip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	4 whipping	advmod
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 purring	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 purring	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 purring	aux
9	purring	purr	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 whipping	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 keep	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 keep	advmod
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 whipping	conj
13	stroking	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 keep	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 whipping	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 whipping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whip in a quote	present · progressive						about property	vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	purr in a quote	present · progressive	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep in a quote	infinitive							tree rules
4	stroke in a quote	gerund							vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 is wiser?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wiser	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wiser	cop
3	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wiser	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Hug him tighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hug	hug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hug	obj
3	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Hug	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	imperative	you not said here	him = he				tight property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

Option 2

Keep going, purring wins over the tail every time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 wins	csubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 purring	punct
4	purring	purr	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 going	conj
5	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	ccomp
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tail	det
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wins	obl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wins	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	go	gerund							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	purr	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	win	present	going			the tail	time		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Stop, a lashing tail means he has had enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tail	det
4	lashing	lash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 tail	amod
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	parataxis
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 had	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 had	aux
9	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 means	ccomp
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 had	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	lash	gerund							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	mean	present	a lashing tail						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	present · perfect	tail					enough property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Stroke his tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tail	nmod:poss
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	imperative	you not said here	his tail					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Experiencer

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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