Test 11 · ★★ · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat

What could a cat owner do to save birds in the garden?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat owner · What happens: save · To what, where: birds, garden

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 save	obj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 save	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 owner	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owner	compound
5	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 save	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 save	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	8 save	mark
8	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 save	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 garden	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 garden	det
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 save	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 save	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	could · do-support	a cat owner	birds		the garden			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary bird=Theme

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

Paint the birds a different colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 birds	det
3	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Paint	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 colour	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 colour	amod
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Paint	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	imperative	you not said here	the birds				a different colour obl	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bird=Theme

Option 2

Nothing helps at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 helps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Nothing			all			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Feed the cat more and more food so that it stops hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cat	det
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obj
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Feed	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 food	cc
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 more	conj
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 stops	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stops	nsubj
11	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Feed	advcl
12	hunting	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stops	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	the cat	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient
2	stop	present	cat		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	hunt	gerund	cat not said here		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Put a bell on the collar or keep the cat in at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bell	det
3	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 collar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 collar	det
6	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	8 keep	compound:prt
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a bell		the collar			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme on collar=Destination
2	keep in	infinitive	you not said here	the cat			night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

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