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Test 6 · ★ · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments

A family's cat died last week. Why might they wait before getting a new cat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat, they · What happens: die, wait, get · To what, where: new cat

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» 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: A family's cat died last week.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cat	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 family	case
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	nsubj
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 week	amod
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 died	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	a family's cat				week		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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: Why might they wait before getting a new cat?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 wait	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wait	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wait	nsubj
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 wait	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cat	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cat	amod
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	might	they						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	gerund	they not said here	a new cat					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The old cat might come back soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	might	the old cat					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

New cats are only sold in spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sold	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sold	aux:pass
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 sold	advmod
5	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 spring	case
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present · passive		New cats			spring		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Getting a new pet after a loss is against the rules for a whole year

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 rules	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pet	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pet	amod
4	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Getting	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 loss	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 loss	det
7	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Getting	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rules	cop
9	against	against	ADP	_	11 rules	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rules	det
11	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 year	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 year	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 year	amod
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		a new pet			after a loss		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus
2	is	present	Getting				year	against the rules	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They need time to be sad, and a new pet does not replace the old one

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 sad	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 sad	cop
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 time	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 replace	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 replace	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pet	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pet	amod
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 replace	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 replace	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 replace	advmod
14	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 one	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 one	amod
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 replace	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	They				time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is	to-infinitive	They not said here					sad property	tree rules
3	not replace	present · do-support	a new pet	the old one					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme

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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