Test 11 · Understanding cats

cat's tail swishing n thumping while i stroke him

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: tail, i · What happens: not swish, thump, stroke · To what, where: cat

This is test 11 of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» 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	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 cat	case
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	swishing	swish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 tail	acl
5	n	not	ADV	_	4 swishing	advmod
6	thumping	thump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 swishing	conj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 stroke	mark
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 stroke	nsubj
9	stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thumping	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not swish	gerund	cat's tail not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	thump	gerund	cat's tail not said here		vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
3	stroke	present	i	cat	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer

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

He's purring with his tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 purring	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 purring	aux
3	purring	purr	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 tail	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purr	present · progressive	He					with his tail	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with tail=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stop, he's getting annoyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 getting	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 getting	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 getting	aux
5	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stop	advcl
6	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	get	present · progressive	he					annoyed property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Stroke his belly instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 belly	nmod:poss
3	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stroke	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Stroke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	imperative	you not said here	his belly				instead property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belly=Experiencer

Option 4

Stroke harder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Stroke	amod

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

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