Test 3 · ★★ · Cartoon pets and animal myths put right
In Tom and Jerry, Jerry steals a big wedge of cheese. If you set a humane trap for a real mouse, which bait would work best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jerry, you, real mouse · What happens: steal, set, work · To what, where: big wedge, Tom, humane trap
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 228 «Cartoon pets and animal myths put right» 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 Tom and Jerry, Jerry steals a big wedge of cheese.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Tom | case |
| 2 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 steals | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jerry | cc |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tom | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Tom | punct |
| 6 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 steals | nsubj |
| 7 | steals | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 wedge | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 wedge | amod |
| 10 | wedge | wedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 steals | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 cheese | case |
| 12 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wedge | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 steals | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present | Jerry | a big wedge of cheese | Tom and Jerry | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wedge=Theme |
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: If you set a humane trap for a real mouse, which bait would work best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 set | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 set | nsubj |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 trap | det |
| 5 | humane | humane | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 trap | amod |
| 6 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 mouse | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mouse | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mouse | amod |
| 10 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 work | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 work | nsubj |
| 13 | bait | bait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 work | nsubj |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 work | aux |
| 15 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 mouse | conj |
| 16 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 15 work | advmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | present | you | a humane trap | for a real mouse | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trap=Patient for mouse=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | work | would | a real mouse | well property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
A slice of lemon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 slice | det |
| 2 | slice | slice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 lemon | case |
| 4 | lemon | lemon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slice | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slice | lemon | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Peanut butter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peanut | peanut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 butter | compound |
| 2 | butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A cube of cheese
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cube | det |
| 2 | cube | cube | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 cheese | case |
| 4 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cube | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A carrot stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stick | det |
| 2 | carrot | carrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stick | compound |
| 3 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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