Test 5 · ★★★ · Cats through history: Egypt's sacred cats, ship cats and T…

«black cat crossed my path, worst day ever coming» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: black cat, worst day · What happens: cross, come, be · To what, where: path · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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	_	4 crossed	punct
2	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crossed	nsubj
4	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 path	nmod:poss
6	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crossed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 day	punct
8	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 path	appos
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 coming	advmod
11	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 day	acl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 coming	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 coming	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 crossed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cross in a quote	participle	black cat	my path			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Patient
2	come in a quote	gerund	worst day not said here		ever		tree rules
3	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 · ✓ the right answer

It is only superstition; in Britain and Japan black cats can mean good luck

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 superstition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 superstition	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 superstition	advmod
4	superstition	superstition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 Britain	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Britain	case
7	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 superstition	appos
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Japan	cc
9	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Britain	conj
10	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cats	amod
11	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 mean	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 mean	aux
13	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 superstition	parataxis
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 luck	amod
15	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	superstition					tree rules
2	mean	can	black cats	good luck					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Topic

Option 2

Black cats are witches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 witches	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 witches	cop
4	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Black cats	witches					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Black cats always bring bad luck, so it's best to go home and stay in bed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bring	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 bring	advmod
4	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 luck	amod
6	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bring	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 best	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 best	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 best	expl
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 best	cop
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 bring	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bring	advcl
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stay	cc
16	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 go	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 bed	case
18	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Black cats	bad luck		always property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent luck=Theme
2	is	present	Black cats not said here			good property	tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	Black cats not said here			home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stay	infinitive	Black cats not said here		bed		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location

Option 4

Only black cats cause accidents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 cats	advmod
2	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cats	amod
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	nsubj
4	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	accidents	accident	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	black cats	accidents					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition accident=Patient

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