Test 3 · ★★★ · Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and T…
«cat jumped at a bird off the balcony, he'll be fine, they always land on their feet» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, they · What happens: jump, be, land · To what, where: feet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 294 «Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and Tom and Jerry» 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 jumped | punct |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jumped | nsubj |
| 3 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 bird | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bird | det |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jumped | obl |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 balcony | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 balcony | det |
| 9 | balcony | balcony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 jumped | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fine | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fine | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 fine | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 fine | cop |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 jumped | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 land | punct |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 land | nsubj |
| 17 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 18 land | advmod |
| 18 | land | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 jumped | conj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 feet | case |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 feet | nmod:poss |
| 21 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 land | obl |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 jumped | punct |
| 23 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 25 right | nsubj |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 right | cop |
| 25 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 jumped | parataxis |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 jumped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in a quote | past | cat | at a bird; off the balcony | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | future | cat | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | land in a quote | present | they | their feet | always property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination | |||
| 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 never get hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 hurt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 hurt | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hurt | aux:pass |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | present · passive | cats | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, cats can be badly hurt in falls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 hurt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hurt | aux:pass |
| 6 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 hurt | advmod |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 falls | case |
| 9 | falls | fall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | can · passive | cats | falls | badly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Only if he is a black cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 7 cat | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 cat | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cat | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cat | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cat | det |
| 6 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cat | amod |
| 7 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a black cat | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, cats have nine lives, so he's got eight more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 lives | nummod |
| 6 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 got | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 got | aux |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 have | parataxis |
| 12 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 more | nummod |
| 13 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | cats | nine lives | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | present · passive | he | eight more | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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