Test 6 · ★ · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…
does the cat really talk to him, lol?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: talk · To what, where: him
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» 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 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 talk | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 talk | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 talk | advmod |
| 5 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 talk | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 talk | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 talk | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 talk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present · do-support | the cat | him = he | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
yup, Rudy totally gets what it says
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | Rudy | Rudy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 5 gets | advmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 says | obj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gets | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Rudy | yup vocative; totally property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | yup | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 2
nope, Rudy just imagines the words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 imagines | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | Rudy | Rudy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 imagines | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 imagines | advmod |
| 5 | imagines | imagine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 words | det |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 imagines | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imagine | present | Rudy | the words | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Theme |
Option 3
nope, it's just a cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 7 cat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cat | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cat | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 cat | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cat | det |
| 7 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a cat | tree rules |
Option 4
no, cats can't talk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 talk | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 no | punct |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 talk | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 talk | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 talk | advmod |
| 6 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk | can | cats | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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