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Test 16 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

★★★ The Cat has «a lot of rizz» (charm). Which moment shows his charm working MOST cleverly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, moment, charm · What happens: have, show, work · To what, where: lot, charm

This is test 16 · ★ 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: ★★★ The Cat has «a lot of rizz» (charm).

nsubjdepcasedetnmodpunctdetobjcasenmodpunctpunctappospunctpunctroot★PROPN★X★ADPTheDETCatNOUNhasVERB«PUNCTaDETlotNOUNofADPrizzNOUN»PUNCT(PUNCTcharmNOUN)PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1★★PROPNNumber=Sing6 hasnsubj
2★★XForeign=Yes1 ★dep
3★★ADP_5 Catcase
4ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Catdet
5CatcatNOUNNumber=Sing1 ★nmod
6hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7««PUNCT_9 lotpunct
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 lotdet
9lotlotNOUNNumber=Sing6 hasobj
10ofofADP_11 rizzcase
11rizzrizzNOUNNumber=Sing9 lotnmod
12»»PUNCT_11 rizzpunct
13((PUNCT_14 charmpunct
14charmcharmNOUNNumber=Sing11 rizzappos
15))PUNCT_14 charmpunct
16..PUNCT_6 haspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresent★ ★ the Cata lot of rizzvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

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: Which moment shows his charm working MOST cleverly?

detnsubjnmod:possobjacladvmodadvmodpunctrootWhichDETmomentNOUNshowsVERBhisPRONcharmNOUNworkingVERBMOSTADVcleverlyADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 momentdet
2momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsnsubj
3showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 charmnmod:poss
5charmcharmNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsobj
6workingworkVERBVerbForm=Ger5 charmacl
7MOSTmostADVDegree=Sup8 cleverlyadvmod
8cleverlycleverlyADV_6 workingadvmod
9??PUNCT_3 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentwhich moment★'s charmvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent charm=Recipient
2workgerund★'s charm not said herecleverly propertyvn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Eating the Woman's bread without asking

detnmod:posscaseobjmarkadvclrootEatingVERBtheDETWomanNOUN'sPARTbreadNOUNwithoutSCONJaskingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EatingeatVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Womandet
3WomanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing5 breadnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Womancase
5breadbreadNOUNNumber=Sing1 Eatingobj
6withoutwithoutSCONJ_7 askingmark
7askingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Eatingadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatgerundthe Woman's breadvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient
2ask speech: askgerundvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Getting a blessing without the Woman knowing it was him

detobjmarkdetnsubjadvclnsubjcopccomprootGettingVERBaDETblessingNOUNwithoutSCONJtheDETWomanNOUNknowingVERBitPRONwasAUXhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GettinggetVERBVerbForm=Gerrootroot
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 blessingdet
3blessingblessingNOUNNumber=Sing1 Gettingobj
4withoutwithoutSCONJ_7 knowingmark
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Womandet
6WomanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing7 knowingnsubj
7knowingknowVERBVerbForm=Ger1 Gettingadvcl
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 himnsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 himcop
10himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 knowingccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getgerunda blessingvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blessing=Stimulus
2knowgerundthe Womanvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3is apastblessinghim = hetree rules

Option 3

Winning the Baby's first laugh by tickling

detnmod:posscaseamodobjmarkadvclrootWinningVERBtheDETBabyPROPN'sPARTfirstADJlaughNOUNbySCONJticklingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WinningwinVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Babydet
3BabyBabyPROPNNumber=Sing6 laughnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Babycase
5firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord6 laughamod
6laughlaughNOUNNumber=Sing1 Winningobj
7bybySCONJ_8 ticklingmark
8ticklingtickleVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Winningadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wingerundthe Baby's first laughvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Eventuality
2ticklegerundvn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3laughthe Babynom laugh «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Getting a blessing without the Woman knowing it was him, and so keeping his bargain pure

The tree, 16 words
detobjmarkdetnsubjadvclnsubjcopccomppunctccadvmodconjnmod:possobjxcomprootGettingVERBaDETblessingNOUNwithoutSCONJtheDETWomanNOUNknowingVERBitPRONwasAUXhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJsoADVkeepingVERBhisPRONbargainNOUNpureADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GettinggetVERBVerbForm=Gerrootroot
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 blessingdet
3blessingblessingNOUNNumber=Sing1 Gettingobj
4withoutwithoutSCONJ_7 knowingmark
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Womandet
6WomanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing7 knowingnsubj
7knowingknowVERBVerbForm=Ger1 Gettingadvcl
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 himnsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 himcop
10himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 knowingccomp
11,,PUNCT_14 keepingpunct
12andandCCONJ_14 keepingcc
13sosoADV_14 keepingadvmod
14keepingkeepVERBVerbForm=Ger1 Gettingconj
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 bargainnmod:poss
16bargainbargainNOUNNumber=Sing14 keepingobj
17purepureADJDegree=Pos14 keepingxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getgerunda blessingvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blessing=Stimulus
2knowgerundthe Womanvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3is apastblessinghim = hetree rules
4keepgerundhis bargainpure propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Theme
5bargainhis = henom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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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