Exam question 4 · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the real origin of the companionship between cats and people?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: real origin

This is exam question 4 of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us» 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	11 origin	det
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 origin	amod
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 companionship	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 companionship	det
14	companionship	companionship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
15	between	between	ADP	_	16 cats	case
16	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 companionship	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 people	cc
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 cats	conj
19	?	?	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 real origin of the companionship between cats and people				of the following statements; 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 · ← Mova's choice

Cats were tamed before dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tamed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tamed	aux:pass
3	tamed	tame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	before	before	ADP	_	5 dogs	case
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tame	past · passive		Cats			before dogs		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Wildcats were drawn to farmers' grain stores by mice, some ten thousand years ago

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wildcats	wildcat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drawn	aux:pass
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 stores	case
5	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stores	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 farmers	case
7	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stores	compound
8	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 mice	case
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 years	punct
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 years	det
13	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 thousand	compound
14	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl
16	ago	ago	ADV	_	15 years	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past · passive	mice	Wildcats		farmers's grain stores	year		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to store=Destination

Option 3

Cats were introduced by the Romans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 introduced	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 introduced	aux:pass
3	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Romans	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Romans	det
6	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 introduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	past · passive	the Romans	Cats					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

A single bargain was made in a Cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bargain	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bargain	amod
3	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Cave	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Cave	det
8	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		a single bargain		a Cave			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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