Test 9 · The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs
In Tom and Jerry the mouse always outsmarts the cat. Which real fact about rats and mice is closest?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mouse · What happens: outsmart, fact, be · To what, where: cat
This is test 9 of lesson 382 «The Chinese zodiac: the twelve real animals behind the signs» 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 Tom and Jerry the mouse always outsmarts the cat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Tom | case |
| 2 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 outsmarts | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jerry | cc |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tom | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mouse | det |
| 6 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 outsmarts | nsubj |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 outsmarts | advmod |
| 8 | outsmarts | outsmart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cat | det |
| 10 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 outsmarts | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 outsmarts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | outsmart | present | the mouse | the cat | in Tom and Jerry; always property | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme in tom=Attribute |
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: Which real fact about rats and mice is closest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 fact | nsubj |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fact | amod |
| 3 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 closest | obl |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 rats | case |
| 5 | rats | rat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fact | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 mice | cc |
| 7 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rats | conj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 closest | cop |
| 9 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 closest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fact | about rats and mice | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
They learn fast and are clever at finding food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 learn | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 clever | cc |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 clever | cop |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 learn | conj |
| 7 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 8 finding | mark |
| 8 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 clever | advcl |
| 9 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | They | fast property | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | They not said here | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | find | gerund | They not said here | food | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They never run from cats, they always stand and fight back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 run | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 run | advmod |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 cats | case |
| 5 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 run | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stand | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stand | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 stand | advmod |
| 9 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fight | cc |
| 11 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | conj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 fight | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not run | present | They | from cats | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cat=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | stand | present | cats = cat | always property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | fight back | present | They not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They can carry heavy cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carry | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 carry | aux |
| 3 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cats | amod |
| 5 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | can | They | heavy cats | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |
Option 4
They are stronger than cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stronger | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stronger | cop |
| 3 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | than | than | ADP | _ | 5 cats | case |
| 5 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stronger | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | than cats; strong property | tree rules |
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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