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Test 2 · Caring for pets

Harry's family in Wales brings home a bunch of lilies. They have a cat. What should they do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, lilies · What happens: bring, have, do · To what, where: bunch, cat

This is test 2 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» 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

Sentence 1: Harry's family in Wales brings home a bunch of lilies.

nmod:posscasensubjcasenmodadvmoddetobjcasenmodpunctrootHarryPROPN'sPARTfamilyNOUNinADPWalesPROPNbringsVERBhomeADVaDETbunchNOUNofADPliliesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HarryHarryPROPNNumber=Sing3 familynmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Harrycase
3familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing6 bringsnsubj
4ininADP_5 Walescase
5WalesWalesPROPNNumber=Sing3 familynmod
6bringsbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7homehomeADV_6 bringsadvmod
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 bunchdet
9bunchbunchNOUNNumber=Sing6 bringsobj
10ofofADP_11 liliescase
11lilieslilyNOUNNumber=Plur9 bunchnmod
12..PUNCT_6 bringspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bringpresentHarry's family in Walesa bunch of lilieshome propertyvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bunch=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.

Sentence 2: They have a cat.

nsubjdetobjpunctrootTheyPRONhaveVERBaDETcatNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 havensubj
2havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 catdet
4catcatNOUNNumber=Sing2 haveobj
5..PUNCT_2 havepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentlilies = lilya catvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient

Sentence 3: What should they do?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXtheyPRONdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshouldlilies = lilyvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Keep the lilies out of the house

detobjcasecasedetoblrootKeepVERBtheDETliliesNOUNoutADPofADPtheDEThouseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KeepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 liliesdet
3lilieslilyNOUNNumber=Plur1 Keepobj
4outoutADP_7 housecase
5ofofADP_7 housecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 housedet
7househouseNOUNNumber=Sing1 Keepobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keepimperativeyou not said herethe liliesthe housevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lily=Theme out house=Location

Option 2

Put them on the cat's food bowl

objcasedetnmod:posscasecompoundoblrootPutVERBthemPRONonADPtheDETcatNOUN'sPARTfoodNOUNbowlNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3ononADP_8 bowlcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 catdet
5catcatNOUNNumber=Sing8 bowlnmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 catcase
7foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing8 bowlcompound
8bowlbowlNOUNNumber=Sing1 Putobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said herethem = theythe cat's food bowlvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on bowl=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Let the cat sniff them to learn

detobjxcompobjmarkxcomprootLetVERBtheDETcatNOUNsniffVERBthemPRONtoPARTlearnVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LetletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 catdet
3catcatNOUNNumber=Sing1 Letobj
4sniffsniffVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Letxcomp
5themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 sniffobj
6totoPART_7 learnmark
7learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Inf4 sniffxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1letimperativeyou not said herethe cattree rules
2sniffinfinitivethe cat not said herethem = theytree rules
3learnto-infinitivethe cat not said herevn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nothing, lilies are safe for cats

compoundpunctnsubjcopcaseoblrootNothingPRON,PUNCTliliesNOUNareAUXsafeADJforADPcatsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg3 liliescompound
2,,PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3lilieslilyNOUNNumber=Plur5 safensubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 safecop
5safesafeADJDegree=Posrootroot
6forforADP_7 catscase
7catscatNOUNNumber=Plur5 safeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentNothing liliesfor cats; safe propertytree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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