Test 9 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

«cat's fine, she just won't jump on the shelf no more» What should the family think?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat, family · What happens: be, not jump, think · To what, where: shelf · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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 fine	punct
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 jump	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 jump	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 jump	advmod
8	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 jump	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 jump	advmod
10	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fine	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 shelf	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shelf	det
13	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 jump	obl
14	no	no	ADV	_	15 more	advmod
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 jump	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 jump	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 think	obj
18	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 think	aux
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 family	det
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 think	nsubj
21	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 jump	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	cat		fine property	tree rules
2	not jump in a quote	future	cat	the shelf		tree rules
3	think speech: other	should	the family			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She no longer likes the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 likes	nsubj
2	no	no	ADV	_	3 longer	advmod
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 likes	advmod
4	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	She	the family				long property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot family=Theme

Option 2

She has simply forgotten how to jump, which happens to all old cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forgotten	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forgotten	aux
3	simply	simply	ADV	_	4 forgotten	advmod
4	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 jump	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 jump	mark
7	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forgotten	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 happens	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 happens	nsubj
10	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forgotten	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 cats	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 cats	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cats	amod
14	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	She	simply property	tree rules
2	not jump	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	happen	present		to all old cats	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She is just being rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rude	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 rude	advmod
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 rude	cop
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					rude property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She may be hiding sore joints, so a vet check and a step would help

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hiding	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hiding	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hiding	aux
4	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 joints	amod
6	joints	joint	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hiding	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 help	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	16 help	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 check	det
10	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 check	compound
11	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 help	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 step	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 step	det
14	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 check	conj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 help	aux
16	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hiding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	may · progressive	She	sore joints					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joint=Patient
2	help	would	a vet check and a step						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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