Test 5 · ★ · Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo…

Why is it kind to let your cat catch the feather toy sometimes?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, cat · What happens: be, let, catch · To what, where: cat, feather toy

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 287 «Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo animals» 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	4 kind	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kind	nsubj
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 let	mark
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kind	xcomp
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cat	nmod:poss
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
9	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 toy	det
11	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 toy	compound
12	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 catch	obj
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 catch	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		kind property	tree rules
2	let	to-infinitive		your cat		tree rules
3	catch	infinitive	your cat not said here	the feather toy	sometimes property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=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

Cats do not care at all whether they catch it or not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 care	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 care	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 care	advmod
4	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 care	obl
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 catch	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 catch	nsubj
9	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 care	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 catch	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 not	cc
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 catch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	present · do-support	Cats			all			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	catch	present	Cats = cat	it					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

It teaches the cat to stop playing

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	2 teaches	nsubj
2	teaches	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teaches	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 teaches	xcomp
7	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	It	the cat	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop	to-infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	play	gerund			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Winning sometimes keeps play fun and not stressful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winning	win	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	nsubj
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 keeps	advmod
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 keeps	xcomp
5	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stressful	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 stressful	advmod
8	stressful	stressful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keeps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	win	gerund			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present		sometimes property	tree rules
3	play	infinitive	fun		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It makes the cat hungry for toys

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 toys	case
7	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the cat				for toys; hungry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent cat=Product for toy=Asset

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