Test 9 · Understanding cats

Why must a cat scratch be washed even if it is small?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: scratch · What happens: wash, be · To what, where: cat scratch

This is test 9 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 washed	advmod
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 washed	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 scratch	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scratch	compound
5	scratch	scratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 washed	nsubj:pass
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 washed	aux:pass
7	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	even	even	ADV	_	12 small	advmod
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 small	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 small	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 small	cop
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 washed	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 washed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	must · passive		a cat scratch					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	scratch					small property	tree rules

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

Small scratches never matter at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 scratches	amod
2	scratches	scratch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matter	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present	Small scratches			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

Cat scratches can carry germs and get infected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scratches	compound
2	scratches	scratch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 carry	aux
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 get	cc
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 carry	conj
8	infected	infect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	carry	can	Cat scratches	germs	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme
2	get	infinitive	Cat scratches not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	infect	participle	Cat scratches not said here		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Cat claws contain poison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claws	compound
2	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contain	nsubj
3	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	Cat claws	poison					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot poison=Theme

Option 4

It will turn into a big scar if you don't wash it

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 turn	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 scar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scar	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scar	amod
7	scar	scar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 wash	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 wash	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 wash	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 wash	advmod
12	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	It			a big scar			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into scar=Trajectory
2	not wash a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	you	scar					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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