Test 12 · Understanding cats

cat rolled over, tummy rub?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: roll over · To what, where: tummy rub

This is test 12 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	2 rolled	compound
2	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 rolled	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rub	punct
5	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rub	compound
6	rub	rub	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolled	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 rolled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll over	participle		tummy rub				over property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, that's what she wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 what	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wants	nsubj
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that						tree rules
2	want	present	she						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Better not, many cats hate it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 hate	advmod
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Better	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hate	punct
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cats	amod
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hate	nsubj
6	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	many cats	it				well property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, cats love belly rubs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 love	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rubs	compound
6	rubs	rub	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	cats	belly rubs					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rub=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, if she's purring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 purring	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 purring	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 purring	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 purring	aux
6	purring	purr	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purr	present · progressive	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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