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Test 7 · ★ · The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and…

A friend says the puma is a small lion because it is called a mountain lion. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, puma · What happens: say, be, call · To what, where: small lion, puma · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 82 «The big cats house: snow leopards, jaguars, small cats and enrichment» 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: A friend says the puma is a small lion because it is called a mountain lion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 puma	det
5	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lion	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lion	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lion	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lion	amod
9	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 called	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 called	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 called	aux:pass
13	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lion	det
15	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lion	compound
16	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 called	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	the puma	a small lion					tree rules
3	call	present · passive		puma					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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 is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It is a puma, a cat that purrs and cannot roar

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	4 puma	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 puma	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 puma	det
4	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cat	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 puma	appos
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 purrs	nsubj
9	purrs	purr	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cat	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 roar	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 roar	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 roar	advmod
13	roar	roar	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 purrs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a puma					tree rules
2	purr	present	a cat						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not roar	can	a cat not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It is a big kind of house cat that roars

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	5 kind	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kind	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kind	amod
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cat	case
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cat	compound
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kind	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 roars	nsubj
10	roars	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cat	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a big kind				of house cat	tree rules
2	roar	present	house cat						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, it is a lion from American mountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 lion	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lion	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lion	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 mountains	case
8	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mountains	amod
9	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a lion		American mountains			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it is a young female lion that has left its pride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 lion	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lion	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lion	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lion	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lion	amod
7	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lion	amod
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 left	nsubj:pass
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 left	aux
11	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lion	acl:relcl
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 pride	nmod:poss
13	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a young female lion					tree rules
2	leave	present · perfect · passive		a young female lion					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme pride=Attribute
3	pride		lion						nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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