Test 3 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

The Cat says the Woman is wise «but she is not so wise as I am». What does this show about him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cat, Woman, this · What happens: say, be, not be, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: The Cat says the Woman is wise «but she is not so wise as I am».

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 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 Woman	det
5	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wise	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wise	cop
7	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 wise	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 wise	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wise	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wise	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 wise	advmod
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 wise	advmod
14	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 am	mark
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 am	nsubj
17	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wise	advcl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 wise	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Cat		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the Woman	wise property	tree rules
3	not is in a quote	present	Woman	wise property	tree rules

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 does this show about him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 show	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this					about Cat	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about he=Topic

The options

Option 1

He is proud, but really he is foolish and is afraid of the Woman's magic

The tree, 16 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	3 proud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	cop
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 foolish	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 foolish	cc
6	really	really	ADV	_	9 foolish	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 foolish	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 foolish	cop
9	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 proud	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 afraid	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 afraid	cop
12	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 proud	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 magic	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Woman	det
15	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 magic	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Woman	case
17	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	proud property	tree rules
2	is	present	he	foolish property	tree rules
3	is	present	He not said here	of the Woman's magic; afraid property	tree rules

Option 2

He is brave and fears no one at all

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	3 brave	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brave	cop
3	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fears	cc
5	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brave	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fears	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					brave property	tree rules
2	fear	present	He not said here	no one		all			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is proud and thinks he is cleverest

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	3 proud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	cop
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 thinks	cc
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	conj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cleverest	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cleverest	cop
8	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	proud property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	He not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he	clever property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is proud, thinks he is cleverest, and secretly wants to rule the whole Cave

The tree, 15 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	3 proud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	cop
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thinks	punct
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cleverest	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cleverest	cop
8	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thinks	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wants	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wants	cc
11	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	12 wants	advmod
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 rule	mark
14	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wants	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Cave	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Cave	amod
17	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rule	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		proud property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	He not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he		clever property	tree rules
4	want	present	He not said here		secretly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	rule not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the whole Cave		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme

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