Exam question 3 · Understanding cats

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the cessation of stroking.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, cessation · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, stroke · To what, where: response, cessation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» of the everyday 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cessation	det
13	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	15 stroking	mark
15	stroking	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 cessation	acl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the cessation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cessation=Experiencer
5	stroke	gerund	the cessation not said here			vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Stroking should cease when the tail twitches, the skin ripples or the ears turn back

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroking	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 cease	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	aux
3	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 twitches	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tail	det
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 twitches	nsubj
7	twitches	twitch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 turn	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 twitches	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ripples	det
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ripples	compound
11	ripples	ripple	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 turn	nsubj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 ears	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ears	det
14	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ripples	conj
15	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stroke	gerund		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cease	should		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	twitch	present	the tail	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	turn back	present	the skin ripples or the ears	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Stroking should continue until the cat hisses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroking	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 continue	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 continue	aux
3	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 hisses	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hisses	nsubj
7	hisses	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 continue	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stroke	gerund		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	continue	should		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hiss	present	the cat	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Stroking should cease only when the cat purrs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroking	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 cease	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	aux
3	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 cease	advmod
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 purrs	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purrs	nsubj
8	purrs	purr	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stroke	gerund		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cease	should		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	purr	present	the cat	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Stroking should cease only when the cat sleeps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroking	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 cease	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	aux
3	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 sleeps	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 sleeps	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleeps	nsubj
8	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stroke	gerund		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cease	should		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	sleep	present	the cat	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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