Test 4 · ★ · Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onio…
Mum puts lilies on the kitchen table where the cat walks. What would happen if the cat brushed past and then washed itself?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, cat · What happens: put, walk, happen, brush past, wash · To what, where: lilies, kitchen table, cat
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 331 «Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies» 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: Mum puts lilies on the kitchen table where the cat walks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 puts | nsubj |
| 2 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 puts | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 table | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 table | det |
| 6 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 table | compound |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 puts | obl |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 walks | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cat | det |
| 10 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 walks | nsubj |
| 11 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 table | acl:relcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 puts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | Mum | lilies | the kitchen table | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent lily=Theme on table=Destination | |||
| 2 | walk | present | the cat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 would happen if the cat brushed past and then washed itself?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 brushed | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brushed | nsubj |
| 7 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 8 | past | past | ADV | _ | 7 brushed | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 washed | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 washed | advmod |
| 11 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 brushed | conj |
| 12 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 washed | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | brush past a condition, not said to happen | past | the cat | past property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | wash | past | the cat not said here | cat | then | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |
The options
Option 1
The pollen would dye its fur yellow for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pollen | det |
| 2 | pollen | pollen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dye | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 dye | aux |
| 4 | dye | dye | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 fur | nmod:poss |
| 6 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dye | obj |
| 7 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dye | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 good | case |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 yellow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dye | would | the pollen | pollen's fur | yellow property | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The cat would sneeze once and be fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sneeze | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sneeze | aux |
| 4 | sneeze | sneeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 sneeze | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fine | cc |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sneeze | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneeze | would | the cat | once property | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | the cat not said here | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, because cats only eat meat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 eat | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 eat | mark |
| 4 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 eat | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 eat | advmod |
| 6 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| 7 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | cats | meat | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It could swallow pollen and need a vet at once
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 | 3 swallow | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 swallow | aux |
| 3 | swallow | swallow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | pollen | pollen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swallow | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 need | cc |
| 6 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 swallow | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 vet | det |
| 8 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow | could | It | pollen | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollen=Patient | ||||
| 2 | need | present | a vet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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