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Exam question 4 · Understanding cats

It is given that a cat's tail is puffed up and its back is arched. Determine the state of the animal.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, puff up, arch, determine · To what, where: It, tail, back, state

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a cat's tail is puffed up and its back is arched.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 puffed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tail	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 cat	case
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 puffed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 puffed	aux:pass
10	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 puffed	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 arched	cc
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 back	nmod:poss
14	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arched	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 arched	aux:pass
16	arched	arch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 puffed	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	puff up	present · passive		a cat's tail					vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source
3	arch	present · passive		tail's back					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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: Determine the state of the animal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 state	det
3	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 animal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 state	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the state of the animal					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The cat is content and relaxed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 content	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 content	cop
4	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 relaxed	cc
6	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 content	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cat					content property	tree rules
2	be		the cat not said here						tree rules

Option 2

The cat is inviting play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inviting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 inviting	aux
4	inviting	invite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inviting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	present · progressive	the cat	play					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The cat is frightened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frightened	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	aux:pass
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	present · passive		the cat					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

The cat is about to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 about	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 about	cop
4	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sleep	mark
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 about	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the cat					about property	tree rules
2	sleep	to-infinitive	the cat not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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