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Test 15 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

Freddie from Wolverhampton: «bostin' story, the Dog's the Cat's best mate at the end.» (bostin' = brilliant) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dog · What happens: be, put · To what, where: best mate, end, bostin

This is test 15 · ★★ 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. 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: Freddie from Wolverhampton: «bostin' story, the Dog's the Cat's best mate at the end.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 story	compound
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Wolverhampton	case
3	Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Freddie	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 bostin	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 bostin	punct
6	bostin	bostin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 story	compound
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 bostin	punct
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Dog	det
11	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mate	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 mate	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Cat	det
14	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mate	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Cat	case
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 mate	amod
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 story	appos
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 end	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 end	det
20	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mate	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 story	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	the Dog	the Cat's best mate			at the end		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: (bostin' = brilliant) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive		bostin				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Dog makes milk for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dog	det
2	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the Dog	milk				for him = he	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent milk=Material for he=Beneficiary

Option 2

Right, they're best mates, and they share the warm white milk and the roast bones every evening

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	10 share	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mates	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mates	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mates	cop
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 mates	amod
6	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Right	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 share	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 share	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 share	nsubj
10	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 milk	det
12	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 milk	amod
13	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 milk	amod
14	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 share	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bones	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bones	det
17	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bones	compound
18	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 milk	conj
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 evening	det
20	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 share	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	best mates					tree rules
2	share	present	mates = mate	the warm white milk and the roast bones			evening		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Dog chases him up a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dog	det
2	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chases	nsubj
3	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chases	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 chases	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chases	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase up	present	the Dog	him = he					tree rules

Option 4

The Dog leaves the Cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dog	det
2	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	nsubj
3	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cave	det
5	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	the Dog	the Cave					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme

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