Test 14 · Understanding cats

cat's tail is lashing and ears flat but i wanna cuddle

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tail, i · What happens: lash, cuddle

This is test 14 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	5 lashing	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lashing	aux
5	lashing	lash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ears	cc
7	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lashing	conj
8	flat	flat	ADV	_	5 lashing	advmod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 cuddle	cc
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 cuddle	nsubj
11	wanna	wanna	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 cuddle	aux
12	cuddle	cuddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 lashing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lash	present · progressive	cat's tail					flat property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	cuddle		i						vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: 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

Blow in her face to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 face	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blow	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Blow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	to-infinitive							vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Rub her tummy to calm her, cats love that when cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 tummy	nmod:poss
3	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rub	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 calm	mark
5	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Rub	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calm	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 love	punct
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 love	nsubj
9	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Rub	parataxis
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 cross	mark
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 cross	advmod
12	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	her tummy	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tummy=Theme
2	calm	to-infinitive	you not said here	her = she	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
3	love	present	cats	cross	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Leave her alone, she is about to scratch or bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 about	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 about	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 about	cop
7	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leave	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 scratch	mark
9	scratch	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 about	xcomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 bite	cc
11	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 scratch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	her = she	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	is	present	she		about property	tree rules
3	scratch	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	bite	infinitive	she not said here			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Pick her up and squeeze her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 squeeze	cc
5	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 squeeze	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	her = she					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic
2	squeeze	infinitive	you not said here	her = she					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent she=Result

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