Test 1 · ★ · Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo
A family gets a second cat. Which plan is best?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, plan · What happens: get, be · To what, where: second cat
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 316 «Caring for pets, snake bites, bears and the zoo» 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 gets a second cat.
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 | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 5 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 cat | amod |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | a family | a second cat | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus |
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: Which plan is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which plan | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Let the cats meet slowly over several days, with an adult watching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cats | det |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 meet | nsubj |
| 4 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 meet | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 days | case |
| 7 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 days | amod |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 meet | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 adult | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 adult | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 adult | det |
| 12 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obl |
| 13 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 adult | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | with a adult | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | meet | present | the cats | day | slowly property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | watch | gerund | a adult not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Keep the old cat away from the family for a month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cat | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cat | amod |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 month | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 month | det |
| 11 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | the old cat | the family | month | away property | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cat=Beneficiary from family=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Let the new cat take the old cat's bed and bowl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cat | det |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cat | amod |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cat | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cat | amod |
| 8 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bed | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 cat | case |
| 10 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bowl | cc |
| 12 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | the new cat | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | the new cat not said here | the old cat's bed and bowl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Theme |
Option 4
Put both cats in one box together for an hour, so they are forced to make friends
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 cats | det |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 box | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 box | nummod |
| 6 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 forced | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 forced | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 forced | aux:pass |
| 15 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Put | parataxis |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 make | mark |
| 17 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 forced | xcomp |
| 18 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | both cats | one box | hour | together property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cat=Theme in box=Destination | |
| 2 | force | present · passive | cats = cat | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | cats = cat not said here | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
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