Test 1 · ★★ · Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and…
In Tom and Jerry, Tom chases Jerry round the house in every episode. What would a real pet cat more likely do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, real pet cat · What happens: chase, do · To what, where: Jerry, Tom
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 237 «Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and do cats really chase mice?)» 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, Tom chases Jerry round the house in every episode.
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 chases | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jerry | cc |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tom | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Tom | punct |
| 6 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 chases | nsubj |
| 7 | chases | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 chases | obj |
| 9 | round | round | ADP | _ | 11 house | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 house | det |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chases | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 episode | case |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 episode | det |
| 14 | episode | episode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chases | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 chases | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | present | Tom | Jerry | Tom and Jerry | round the house; in every episode | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jerry=Theme in tom=Trajectory |
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 would a real pet cat more likely do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cat | amod |
| 5 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cat | compound |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | nsubj |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 likely | advmod |
| 8 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cat | amod |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a real pet cat | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wait quietly and pounce, or not bother if it is well fed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 pounce | cc |
| 4 | pounce | pounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bother | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 bother | cc |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 bother | advmod |
| 8 | bother | bother | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 fed | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fed | aux:pass |
| 12 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 fed | advmod |
| 13 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 bother | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | quietly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pounce | present | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not bother | infinitive | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | feed a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | it | well property | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Set a trap with cheese
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Set | set | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 trap | det |
| 3 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Set | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 cheese | case |
| 5 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Set | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | imperative | you not said here | a trap | with cheese | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent trap=Patient with cheese=Instrument |
Option 3
Make friends and eat cheese together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 eat | cc |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Make | conj |
| 5 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 eat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | you not said here | cheese | together property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient |
Option 4
Chase the mouse round the house for hours with a frying pan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mouse | det |
| 3 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Chase | obj |
| 4 | round | round | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Chase | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 hours | case |
| 8 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Chase | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 pan | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 pan | det |
| 11 | frying | frying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pan | compound |
| 12 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Chase | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | imperative | you not said here | the mouse | the house | hour | with a frying pan | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme round house=Trajectory |
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