Test 9 · ★ · The vet
«the vet says Grandad's old cat is suffering and can be put to sleep» What does this mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vet, old cat, this · What happens: say, suffer, put, sleep, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» 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 | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 vet | det |
| 3 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 cat | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Grandad | case |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cat | amod |
| 8 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 suffering | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 suffering | aux |
| 10 | suffering | suffer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 put | cc |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 put | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 put | aux:pass |
| 14 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 suffering | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 sleep | mark |
| 16 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 put | advcl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 put | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 mean | obj |
| 19 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 mean | aux |
| 20 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 mean | nsubj |
| 21 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 put | ccomp |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | the vet | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | suffer in a quote | present · progressive | Grandad's old cat | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | put in a quote | can · passive | Grandad's old cat not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | sleep in a quote | to-infinitive | Grandad's old cat not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | mean | present · do-support | this | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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 · ← Mova's choice
The vet will take the cat to live on a farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vet | det |
| 2 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 live | mark |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 take | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 farm | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 farm | det |
| 11 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | future | the vet | the cat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cat=Destination | ||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | the vet not said here | a farm | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on farm=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The vet can help the cat die peacefully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vet | det |
| 2 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 help | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 help | obj |
| 7 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 8 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 7 die | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | can | the vet | the cat | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cat=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | die | infinitive | the cat not said here | peacefully property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
The cat will sleep for a week and wake up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sleep | aux |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 wake | cc |
| 9 | wake | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sleep | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 wake | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | future | the cat | week | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wake up | present | the cat not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The cat will be given a sleeping pill each night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 given | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 given | aux:pass |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pill | det |
| 7 | sleeping | sleeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pill | compound |
| 8 | pill | pill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | obj |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 night | det |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | future · passive | the cat | night | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient pill=Theme |
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