Exam question 4 · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the suitability of cow's milk for adult cats?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: suitability

This is exam question 4 of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 suitability	det
10	suitability	suitability	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 milk	case
12	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 milk	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 cow	case
14	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suitability	nmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 cats	case
16	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cats	amod
17	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the suitability of cow's milk				of the following statements; for adult cats; accurately 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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Many adult cats digest it poorly, and water is the proper drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cats	amod
2	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cats	amod
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 digest	nsubj
4	digest	digest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 digest	obj
6	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	4 digest	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 drink	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 drink	cc
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drink	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 drink	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 drink	det
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 drink	amod
13	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 digest	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	digest	present	Many adult cats	it				poorly property	tree rules
2	is a	present	water	the proper drink					tree rules

Option 2

Kittens need it but adults should drink only water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 drink	cc
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drink	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 drink	aux
7	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	conj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 water	advmod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Kittens	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	drink	should	adults	water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is a fine food for every cat, young and old alike

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 food	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 food	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 food	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 cat	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 young	punct
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 alike	cc
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 alike	amod
13	alike	alike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 young	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fine food				for every cat	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Milk is harmful for every adult cat, which is why vets now recommend only dry food and water

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmful	cop
3	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 cat	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cat	det
6	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmful	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 why	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 why	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 why	cop
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 cat	acl:relcl
12	vets	vet	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 recommend	nsubj
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 recommend	advmod
14	recommend	recommend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 why	advcl:relcl
15	only	only	ADV	_	16 dry	advmod
16	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 food	amod
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recommend	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 water	cc
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Milk			for every adult cat; harmful property	tree rules
2	is	present	every adult cat			why property	tree rules
3	recommend	present	vets	dry food and water	now		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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