Test 2 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

In a cartoon a fat orange cat eats a whole tray of lasagne every day. What is true about real cats?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fat orange cat · What happens: eat, be · To what, where: whole tray, cartoon

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» 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: In a cartoon a fat orange cat eats a whole tray of lasagne every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eats	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
5	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
6	orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eats	nsubj
8	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tray	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tray	amod
11	tray	tray	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eats	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 lasagne	case
13	lasagne	lasagne	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tray	nmod
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eats	obl:unmarked
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 eats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	a fat orange cat	a whole tray of lasagne		a cartoon	day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tray=Patient

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 true about real cats?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 cats	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cats	amod
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about real cats; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

They can eat anything people eat, as long as it is cooked and warm

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eat	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	aux
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 eat	obj
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eat	nsubj
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 anything	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 long	punct
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 eat	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 cooked	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cooked	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cooked	aux:pass
13	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 long	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 warm	cc
15	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cooked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	eat	can	They	anything	long property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
2	eat	present	people			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cook	present · passive		it		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2

They only eat vegetables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eat	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	They	vegetables					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Patient

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

They need proper cat food; rich human food can make them ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	compound
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 make	punct
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 make	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 make	aux
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	parataxis
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 make	obj
13	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	They	proper cat food					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme
2	make	can	rich human food	them = they				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product

Option 4

They need lasagne to stay healthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lasagne	lasagne	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stay	mark
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	xcomp
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	They	lasagne					tree rules
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	lasagne not said here					healthy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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