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Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

Isla from Edinburgh: «aye, the Woman praised the Cat on purpose, she liked him.» (aye = yes) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Isla, Woman, you · What happens: praise, like, put · To what, where: Cat, purpose, aye

This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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: Isla from Edinburgh: «aye, the Woman praised the Cat on purpose, she liked him.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 praised	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Edinburgh	case
3	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Isla	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 praised	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 praised	punct
6	aye	aye	INTJ	_	10 praised	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 aye	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Woman	det
9	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 praised	nsubj
10	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Cat	det
12	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 praised	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 purpose	case
14	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 praised	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 liked	punct
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 liked	nsubj
17	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 praised	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 liked	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 praised	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise in a quote	past	Isla from Edinburgh	the Cat		purpose			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme
2	like in a quote	past	Woman	Cat					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

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: (aye = yes) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 aye	punct
2	aye	aye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 =	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	6 Put	punct
4	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 Put	discourse
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 yes	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	aye				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

She praised him without knowing it was him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 knowing	mark
5	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 praised	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 him	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 him	cop
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knowing	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	know	gerund	She not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	it	him = he					tree rules

Option 2

She praised him on purpose, knowing it was him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 purpose	case
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 knowing	punct
7	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 praised	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 him	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 him	cop
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 knowing	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	him = he		purpose			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	know	gerund	She not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	purpose	him = he					tree rules

Option 3

She scolded him, knowing it was him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	nsubj
2	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knowing	punct
5	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 scolded	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 him	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 him	cop
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knowing	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past	She	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	know	gerund	She not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past	it	him = he					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She praised the Cat on purpose, because she liked him very much and wanted him to come in

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Cat	det
4	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 liked	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 liked	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 liked	nsubj
10	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 liked	obj
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 much	advmod
13	much	much	ADV	_	10 liked	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wanted	cc
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 come	mark
18	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wanted	xcomp
19	in	in	ADV	_	18 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	the Cat		purpose			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme
2	like	past	Cat	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
3	want	past	She not said here	him = he					tree rules
4	come in not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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