Test 7 · ★★ · Leopards, jaguars, cheetahs and the house cat

My cat brought a dead mouse to the back door, is she ill or something

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: bring, be · To what, where: dead mouse, back door

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cat	nmod:poss
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mouse	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mouse	amod
6	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ill	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ill	cop
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ill	nsubj
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brought	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 something	cc
16	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 ill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	My cat	a dead mouse		the back door			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme to door=Destination
2	is	present	cat					ill property	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

No, she bought it at the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 bought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bought	nsubj
4	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bought	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 shop	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shop	det
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	she	it		the shop			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at shop=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, cats are still hunters by instinct, even when well fed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 hunters	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hunters	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hunters	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 hunters	advmod
6	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 instinct	case
8	instinct	instinct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunters	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fed	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	13 fed	advmod
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 fed	mark
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 fed	advmod
13	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hunters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	cats	hunters			still	by instinct	tree rules
2	feed	participle	cats not said here					well property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, cats only hunt when starving, so she needs more food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hunt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hunt	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 hunt	advmod
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 starving	advmod
7	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hunt	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 needs	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 needs	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 needs	nsubj
11	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hunt	advcl
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 food	amod
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hunt	present	cats		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	starve	gerund	cats not said here		tree rules
3	need	present	she	more food	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

Option 4

Yes, she wants to see a vet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 vet	det
8	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	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	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	a vet					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vet=Stimulus

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