Test 2 · The big cats house: lions and tigers up close
In Tom and Jerry a cat chases a mouse every day. «so a lion would chase Jerry too right?»
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, lion · What happens: chase · To what, where: mouse, Tom, Jerry
This is test 2 of lesson 81 «The big cats house: lions and tigers up close» 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 a cat chases a mouse every day.
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 | 7 chases | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jerry | cc |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tom | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chases | nsubj |
| 7 | chases | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mouse | det |
| 9 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chases | obj |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chases | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 chases | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | present | a cat | a mouse | Tom and Jerry | day | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme in tom=Trajectory |
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: «so a lion would chase Jerry too right?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 chase | punct |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 chase | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 chase | aux |
| 6 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | obj |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 right | advmod |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 chase | xcomp |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 chase | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 chase | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase in a quote | would | a lion | Jerry | right property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jerry=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, lions mostly eat mice in the wild
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 eat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eat | nsubj |
| 4 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 5 eat | advmod |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eat | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 wild | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wild | det |
| 9 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | lions | mice | the wild | mostly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient |
Option 2
No, lions are scared of mice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 scared | cop |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mice | case |
| 7 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | lions | of mice; scared property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, every cat chases mice all day, big or small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 chases | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 cat | det |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chases | nsubj |
| 5 | chases | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chases | obj |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chases | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 big | punct |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chases | parataxis |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 small | cc |
| 12 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 big | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | present | every cat | mice | day | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a lion hunts big prey, a mouse is not worth it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 hunts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hunts | nsubj |
| 5 | hunts | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 prey | amod |
| 7 | prey | prey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hunts | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 worth | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mouse | det |
| 10 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 worth | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 worth | cop |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 worth | advmod |
| 13 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hunts | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 worth | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present | a lion | big prey | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prey=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | a mouse | worth property | tree rules |
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