Test 3 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility
«mum got lilies for the table, the cat's sniffing them, it's fine yeah» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: get, sniff, be · To what, where: lilies
This is test 3 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 table | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 table | det |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sniffing | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cat | det |
| 10 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sniffing | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 cat | case |
| 12 | sniffing | sniff | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 got | advcl |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sniffing | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 fine | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fine | expl |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fine | cop |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | conj |
| 18 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 19 » | discourse |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 fine | punct |
| 20 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 22 right | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 right | cop |
| 22 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | conj |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | mum | lilies | for the table | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lily=Theme for table=Source | |||
| 2 | sniff in a quote | gerund | mum not said here | lilies = lily | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | mum not said here | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | right 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
Yes, cats only sniff and never chew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sniff | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sniff | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 sniff | advmod |
| 5 | sniff | sniff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 chew | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 chew | advmod |
| 8 | chew | chew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sniff | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sniff | present | cats | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not chew | infinitive | cats not said here | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, lilies are good for cats' fur and make it shine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 good | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 good | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 good | cop |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 fur | case |
| 7 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fur | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 cats | case |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 good | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 make | cc |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 good | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 make | obj |
| 13 | shine | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | lilies | for cats's fur; good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | present | lilies not said here | fur | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | shine | infinitive | fur not said here | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
No, but only the leaves are bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 bad | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bad | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 bad | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 leaves | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 leaves | det |
| 6 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bad | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bad | cop |
| 8 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the leaves | bad property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, lilies are very dangerous to cats, even the pollen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 dangerous | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dangerous | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dangerous | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 dangerous | advmod |
| 6 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 cats | case |
| 8 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dangerous | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 pollen | punct |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 pollen | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pollen | det |
| 12 | pollen | pollen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dangerous | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | lilies | to cats; dangerous property | tree rules |
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