Test 6 · ★ · A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play
«kitten's stuck up the curtains, call the fire brigade!» What is the best first step?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, best first step · What happens: stick up, call, be · To what, where: kitten, fire brigade · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: «kitten's stuck up the curtains, call the fire brigade!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
| 2 | kitten | kitten | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stuck | aux:pass |
| 4 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 call | advcl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 stuck | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 curtains | det |
| 7 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stuck | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stuck | punct |
| 9 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 brigade | det |
| 11 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 brigade | compound |
| 12 | brigade | brigade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 call | obj |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 call | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick up in a quote | present · passive | kitten | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme curtain=Destination | |||||
| 2 | call in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the fire brigade | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brigade=Recipient |
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 best first step?
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 | 6 step | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best first step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Shake the curtains hard so that it lets go and drops down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 curtains | det |
| 3 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Shake | obj |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Shake | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 8 lets | mark |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 so | fixed |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lets | nsubj |
| 8 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shake | advcl |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 lets | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 drops | cc |
| 11 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lets | conj |
| 12 | down | down | ADP | _ | 11 drops | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | imperative | you not said here | the curtains | hard property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent curtain=Patient | |||
| 2 | let | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | drop down | present | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Pull it off by the tail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pull | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Pull | compound:prt |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 tail | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tail | det |
| 6 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull off | imperative | you not said here | it | by the tail | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Stay calm and give it time; kittens usually back down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 give | cc |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | obj |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 kittens | punct |
| 8 | kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Stay | obl |
| 9 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 10 back | advmod |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 kittens | advmod |
| 11 | down | down | ADV | _ | 10 back | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | kittens | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | infinitive | you not said here | it | time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Throw a pillow at it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pillow | det |
| 3 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | a pillow | pillow | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme at it=Destination |
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