Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

Freya: «the Cat went to the Cave with the Dog and they both made a deal, gyatt.» (gyatt = something kids shout) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Freya, they, kids, gyatt · What happens: go, make, shout, put · To what, where: Cave, deal, Cat

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» 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

Sentence 1: Freya: «the Cat went to the Cave with the Dog and they both made a deal, gyatt.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cat	det
5	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Cave	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Cave	det
9	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 Dog	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Dog	det
12	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 made	cc
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 made	nsubj
15	both	both	ADV	_	16 made	advmod
16	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 deal	det
18	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 made	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 gyatt	punct
20	gyatt	gyatt	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 deal	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past	Freya			the Cave		with the Dog	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to cave=Initial_Location
2	make in a quote	past	they	a deal and gyatt				both property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product

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: (gyatt = something kids shout) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 gyatt	punct
2	gyatt	gyatt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 something	punct
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 gyatt	appos
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shout	nsubj
6	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 something	acl:relcl
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 something	punct
8	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	8 Put	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	kids						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	put	infinitive	gyatt	Cat				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

The Cat went in, bargained openly and then made a deal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bargained	punct
6	bargained	bargain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 went	xcomp
7	openly	openly	ADV	_	6 bargained	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 made	advmod
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 deal	det
12	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	go in	past	the Cat				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bargain	participle	the Cat not said here			openly property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	past	the Cat not said here	a deal	then		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product

Option 2

The Cat made a deal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deal	det
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the Cat	a deal					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Product

Option 3

The Cat laughed, stayed outside and made no deal at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stayed	punct
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 laughed	conj
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 stayed	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 made	cc
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 laughed	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 deal	det
10	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the Cat				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	past	the Cat not said here			outside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	past	the Cat not said here	no deal	all		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Cat refused, followed secretly and made no deal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refused	nsubj
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 followed	punct
5	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 refused	conj
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 followed	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 made	cc
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 refused	conj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 deal	det
10	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the Cat			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	follow	past	the Cat not said here		secretly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	past	the Cat not said here	no deal		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product

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