Test 5 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t…

Kipling says three proper Men out of five throw things at cats. What should we say today?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kipling, three proper Men, we · What happens: say, throw · To what, where: things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Kipling says three proper Men out of five throw things at cats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 Men	nummod
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Men	amod
5	Men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 throw	nsubj
6	out	out	ADP	_	8 five	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 five	case
8	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 Men	nmod
9	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 throw	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 cats	case
12	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 throw	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kipling						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	throw	present	three proper Men out five	things				at cats	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at cat=Destination

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: What should we say today?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl:unmarked
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	we				today		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's a good old rule, because cats who don't catch mice deserve a fright now and then

The tree, 19 words

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	6 rule	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rule	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rule	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rule	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rule	amod
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 catch	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 catch	mark
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 catch	nsubj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 catch	nsubj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 catch	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 catch	advmod
13	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 deserve	advcl
14	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 deserve	nsubj
15	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rule	parataxis
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 fright	det
17	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deserve	obj
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 deserve	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 then	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 now	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a good old rule		tree rules
2	not catch	present · do-support	cats			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	deserve	present	mice	a fright	now	tree rules

Option 2

It's the law to throw boots

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	4 law	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 law	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 throw	mark
6	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 law	acl
7	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 throw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the law					tree rules
2	throw	to-infinitive		boots					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's cruel and wrong

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	3 cruel	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cruel	cop
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wrong	cc
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cruel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					cruel property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

Option 4

Only on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 Sundays	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 Sundays	case
3	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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