Test 3 · ★ · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets
«she's only nice to dad cos he gives her tuna, it's well fake». What's the truth about pets?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, he, tuna, truth · What happens: be, give · To what, where: tuna
This is test 3 · ★ 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: «she's only nice to dad cos he gives her tuna, it's well fake».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 nice | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 nice | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 nice | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 nice | advmod |
| 5 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 dad | case |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nice | obl |
| 8 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 10 gives | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gives | nsubj |
| 10 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 nice | advcl |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 tuna | nmod:poss |
| 12 | tuna | tuna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gives | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 fake | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fake | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fake | cop |
| 16 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 fake | advmod |
| 17 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nice | conj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 fake | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 nice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | she | to dad; nice property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | present | he | her tuna | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuna=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | tuna | fake, well property | tree rules |
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: What's the truth about pets?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 pets | case |
| 6 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 truth | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth about pets | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cats can only love one person forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 love | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 love | advmod |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 person | nummod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 love | obj |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 love | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | can | Cats | one person | forever property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |
Option 2
Tuna is the only thing cats love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuna | tuna | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 love | nsubj |
| 7 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Tuna | the only thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | present | cats | the only thing not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
Option 3
Pets never love anyone at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 love | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 love | advmod |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 love | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 love | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | present | Pets | anyone | all | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Animals love whoever cares for them daily, and that's real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 cares | nsubj |
| 4 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 love | ccomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cares | obl |
| 7 | daily | daily | ADV | _ | 4 cares | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 real | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 real | cc |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 real | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 real | cop |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 love | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Animals | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | care | present | whoever | for Animals = animal; daily property | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | that | real property | tree 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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