Test 16 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

did u hear Bella's cat licked lily pollen off its fur n died, she's in bits. real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, cat, fur, Bella · What happens: hear, lick, not die, be · To what, where: lily pollen, fur, bits · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Bella	Bella	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cat	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Bella	case
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 licked	nsubj
7	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
8	lily	lily	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pollen	compound
9	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 licked	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	12 fur	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 fur	nmod:poss
12	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 licked	obl
13	n	not	ADV	_	14 died	advmod
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fur	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bits	punct
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 bits	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 bits	cop
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 bits	case
19	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hear	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 bits	punct
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bits	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lick	past	Bella's cat	lily pollen	cat's fur	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme off fur=Source
3	not die	past	cat's fur not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	is	present	Bella		bits	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 only get ill if they eat the whole flower, stem and leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 get	advmod
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 eat	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	nsubj
7	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 get	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flower	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 flower	amod
10	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stem	punct
12	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flower	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 leaves	cc
14	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flower	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Cats					ill property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	eat a condition, not said to happen	present	Cats = cat	the whole flower and stem and leaves					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient

Option 2

Only big lily bunches are dangerous to cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bunches	amod
3	lily	lily	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bunches	compound
4	bunches	bunch	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 cats	case
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	big lily bunches					to cats; dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

Lilies are safe if the vase water is clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 clean	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
6	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clean	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 clean	cop
9	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lilies					safe property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the vase water					clean property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Lilies are deadly to cats, so keep them out of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deadly	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deadly	cop
3	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 cats	case
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 deadly	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 keep	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 keep	advmod
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 deadly	parataxis
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	13 house	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lilies					to cats; deadly property	tree rules
2	keep	infinitive		Lilies = lily		the house			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out house=Location

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