Test 5 · ★ · A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play

In a cartoon a kitten plays with a ball of wool all afternoon alone. What is the safer truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kitten, safer truth · What happens: play, be · To what, where: cartoon

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 327 «A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play» 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 a cartoon a kitten plays with a ball of wool all afternoon alone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plays	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kitten	det
5	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plays	nsubj
6	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ball	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ball	det
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plays	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 wool	case
11	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ball	nmod
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 afternoon	det
13	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plays	obl:unmarked
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 plays	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 plays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	a kitten			a cartoon	afternoon	with a ball of wool; alone property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ball=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: What is the safer truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 truth	det
4	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 truth	amod
5	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safer truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wool and string can be swallowed and hurt a kitten; play with a wand toy and a grown-up

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 string	cc
3	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wool	conj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swallowed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 swallowed	aux:pass
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hurt	cc
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 swallowed	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 kitten	det
10	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hurt	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 play	punct
12	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 swallowed	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 toy	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 toy	det
15	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 toy	compound
16	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 play	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 up	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 up	det
19	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 up	amod
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 up	punct
21	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 toy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swallow	can · passive	Wool and string		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hurt	infinitive	a kitten		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kitten=Patient
3	play	infinitive		with a wand toy and a grown up	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with toy=Theme
4	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Wool is the best toy for any kitten, and kittens can digest a bit of wool with no trouble

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 toy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 toy	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toy	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 toy	amod
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 kitten	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 kitten	det
8	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 toy	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 digest	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 digest	cc
11	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 digest	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 digest	aux
13	digest	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 toy	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bit	det
15	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 digest	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 wool	case
17	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bit	nmod
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 trouble	case
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 trouble	det
20	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 digest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wool	the best toy				for any kitten	tree rules
2	digest	can	kittens	a bit of wool				with no trouble	tree rules

Option 3

Kittens can digest wool easily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 digest	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 digest	aux
3	digest	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 digest	obj
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	3 digest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest	can	Kittens	wool				easily property	tree rules

Option 4

Wool keeps kittens' teeth clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 kittens	case
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Wool	kittens's teeth				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme

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