Test 11 · ★ · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets
«chloe made a poster so now duchess HAS to love her». Does that work?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chloe, duchess, that · What happens: make, have, love, work · To what, where: poster, duchess
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy 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: «chloe made a poster so now duchess HAS to love her».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| 2 | chloe | chloe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 poster | det |
| 5 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 HAS | advmod |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 HAS | advmod |
| 8 | duchess | duchess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 HAS | nsubj |
| 9 | HAS | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 love | mark |
| 11 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 HAS | xcomp |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 love | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 love | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | past | chloe | a poster | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset poster=Product | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | duchess | now | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | love in a quote | to-infinitive | duchess not said here | duchess | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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: Does that work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 work | aux |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 work | nsubj |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present · do-support | that | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Yes, if it has a picture of fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 has | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 picture | det |
| 7 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fish | case |
| 9 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 picture | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | it | a picture of fish | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, pets don't love on command
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 love | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 love | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 love | advmod |
| 6 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 command | case |
| 8 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 love | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | present · do-support | pets | command | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, cats can read posters, everyone knows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 read | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 read | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 read | aux |
| 5 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | posters | poster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 read | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 knows | punct |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 read | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | can | cats | posters | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | present | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
No, she should make two posters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 posters | nummod |
| 7 | posters | poster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | should | she | two posters | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Product |
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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