Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a d…

yo so the cat dresses up like a doctor, right? what does he even say to the birds?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo · What happens: dress up, say · To what, where: birds · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 388 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a doctor is sent packing» of the books 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dresses	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 cat	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yo	nmod
5	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 dresses	compound:prt
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 doctor	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 doctor	det
9	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dresses	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	5 dresses	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dresses	punct
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 say	obj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 say	aux
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 say	nsubj
16	even	even	ADV	_	17 say	advmod
17	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dresses	parataxis
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 birds	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 birds	det
20	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 say	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dresses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress up	present	yo so the cat					like a doctor	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present · do-support	yo		the birds				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to bird=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

he's like "I can cure all ya birds, no cap, trust me, I'm the best doc around"

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cure	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cure	cop
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 cure	mark
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 cure	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 cure	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cure	aux
7	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 birds	det
9	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 birds	nsubj
10	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cure	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cap	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 cap	det
13	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 birds	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 trust	punct
15	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cure	conj
16	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 trust	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 doc	punct
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 doc	nsubj
19	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 doc	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 doc	det
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 doc	amod
22	doc	doc	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cure	parataxis
23	around	around	ADV	_	22 doc	advmod
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 doc	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	can · present	he		cure property	tree rules
2	bird in a quote		ya	no cap		tree rules
3	trust in a quote	infinitive	he not said here	me		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
4	is a in a quote	present	I	the best doc	around property	tree rules

Option 2

he goes "yo I can heal everyone here, no cap, just let me in"

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 heal	punct
4	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heal	nsubj
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 heal	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 heal	aux
7	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	conj
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 heal	obj
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 heal	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cap	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 cap	det
12	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 let	punct
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 let	advmod
15	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	parataxis
16	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 let	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	15 let	compound:prt
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go	present	he	no cap		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	heal in a quote	can	yo	everyone	here	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient
3	let in in a quote	infinitive		me		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he's like "I can cure ya, no cap"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cure	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cure	cop
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 cure	mark
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 cure	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 cure	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cure	aux
7	cure	cure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 cure	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cure	parataxis
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	can · present	he					cure property	tree rules

Option 4

he was like, I'm here to help, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 here	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 like	cop
3	like	like	INTJ	_	7 here	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 here	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 here	cop
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 here	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 here	punct
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 here	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					here property	tree rules
2	help	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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