Test 6 · ★★ · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat

cat fell off the fence and landed on its feet, so cats can fall from anywhere yeah

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, cats · What happens: fall off, land, fall · To what, where: fence, feet

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 fence	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fence	det
5	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 landed	cc
7	landed	land	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fell	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 feet	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feet	nmod:poss
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 landed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fall	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 fall	advmod
13	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fall	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 fall	aux
15	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fell	parataxis
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 anywhere	case
17	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 fall	obl
18	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	15 fall	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	fall off	past	cat	the fence		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient fence=Extent
2	land	participle	cat not said here		cat's feet	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination
3	fall	can	cats			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from anywhere=Initial_Location

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

Yes, cats have nine lives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 lives	nummod
6	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	cats	nine lives					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient

Option 2

Only if the cat is young; old cats break legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 young	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 young	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 young	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 young	cop
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cats	amod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 young	punct
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cats	amod
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 break	nsubj
10	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the cat					young property	tree rules
2	break	present	young old cats	legs					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient

Option 3

Yes, any height is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 height	det
4	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fine	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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

No, they can still be badly hurt; keep windows and balconies shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hurt	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux
5	still	still	ADV	_	8 hurt	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 hurt	aux:pass
7	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hurt	conj
11	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keep	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 balconies	cc
13	balconies	balcony	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 windows	conj
14	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	can · passive		they	still	badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	keep	infinitive		windows and balconies			tree rules
3	shut	participle	windows and balconies not said here				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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