Test 8 · ★ · A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play
«the cat's purring so she must be happy, even tho she's hurt her leg» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: purr, be, hurt · To what, where: cat
This is test 8 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 purring | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 purring | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 cat | case |
| 5 | purring | purr | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 happy | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 happy | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 happy | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 happy | cop |
| 10 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 purring | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hurt | punct |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 16 hurt | advmod |
| 13 | tho | though | SCONJ | _ | 16 hurt | mark |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 hurt | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 hurt | aux:pass |
| 16 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 purring | conj |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 leg | nmod:poss |
| 18 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hurt | obj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 hurt | punct |
| 20 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 22 right | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 right | cop |
| 22 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 hurt | advcl |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 purring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr in a quote | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is in a quote | must | cat | happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hurt in a quote | present · passive | cat | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer leg=Result | |||||
| 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
Purring always means total happiness, so a purring cat cannot be badly hurt
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purring | purr | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | csubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 1 Purring | advmod |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 happiness | amod |
| 5 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hurt | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 hurt | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cat | det |
| 9 | purring | purring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cat | compound |
| 10 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hurt | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 hurt | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 hurt | advmod |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 hurt | aux:pass |
| 14 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 hurt | advmod |
| 15 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 means | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | gerund | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Purring | total happiness | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not hurt | can · passive | a purring cat | badly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Purring always means total happiness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purring | purr | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | csubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 1 Purring | advmod |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 happiness | amod |
| 5 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | gerund | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Purring | total happiness | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cats purr when content but sometimes also when hurt, so she may need a vet
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 purr | nsubj |
| 2 | purr | purr | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 content | mark |
| 4 | content | content | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 purr | advcl |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 hurt | cc |
| 6 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 hurt | advmod |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 9 hurt | advmod |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 hurt | advmod |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 content | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 need | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 need | advmod |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 need | nsubj |
| 13 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 need | aux |
| 14 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 purr | advcl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 vet | det |
| 16 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | present | Cats | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hurt | participle | Cats not said here | sometimes property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | need | may | she | a vet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme |
Option 4
Purring heals any leg in a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purring | purr | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 heals | nsubj |
| 2 | heals | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 leg | det |
| 4 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heals | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heals | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | heal | present | any leg | day | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
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