Test 8 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility
Your cat scratches the curtains and seems restless after weeks indoors with nothing new. What is the most likely cause?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat · What happens: scratch, seem, be, cause · To what, where: curtains
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» 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
Sentence 1: Your cat scratches the curtains and seems restless after weeks indoors with nothing new.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scratches | nsubj |
| 3 | scratches | scratch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 curtains | det |
| 5 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 scratches | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 seems | cc |
| 7 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scratches | conj |
| 8 | restless | restless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seems | xcomp |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 weeks | case |
| 10 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 seems | obl |
| 11 | indoors | indoors | ADV | _ | 7 seems | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 nothing | case |
| 13 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 seems | obl |
| 14 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 nothing | amod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scratches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scratch | present | Your cat | the curtains | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme | ||||
| 2 | seem | present | Your cat not said here | week | with nothing; indoors, restless property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme |
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 is the most likely cause?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cause | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 cause | advmod |
| 6 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | cause | infinitive | likely property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cats always scratch curtains when they are happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 scratch | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 scratch | advmod |
| 3 | scratch | scratch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 scratch | obj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 happy | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 happy | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 happy | cop |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 scratch | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scratch | present | Cats | curtains | always property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | Cats = cat | happy property | tree rules |
Option 2
It has eaten too much healthy food
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 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 eaten | aux |
| 3 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 much | advmod |
| 5 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 food | amod |
| 6 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 food | amod |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eaten | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present · perfect · passive | It | tree rules |
Option 3
It is too warm and wants a bath
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 warm | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 warm | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 warm | advmod |
| 4 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wants | cc |
| 6 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 warm | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bath | det |
| 8 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | warm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | a bath | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bath=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is bored and needs play and new things
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 bored | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bored | cop |
| 3 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 needs | cc |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bored | conj |
| 6 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 things | cc |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 things | amod |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 play | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | bored property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | play and new things | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot play=Theme |
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