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Test 9 · ★ · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets

Grandad's sheepdog starts circling and nipping your little cousin who's running about. Best move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sheepdog, little cousin · What happens: start, circle, nip, run about · To what, where: little cousin

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Grandad's sheepdog starts circling and nipping your little cousin who's running about.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sheepdog	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grandad	case
3	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 starts	nsubj
4	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	circling	circle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 starts	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 nipping	cc
7	nipping	nip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 circling	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cousin	nmod:poss
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cousin	amod
10	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nipping	obj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 running	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 running	aux
13	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 cousin	acl:relcl
14	about	about	ADV	_	13 running	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 starts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	Grandad's sheepdog						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	circle	gerund	Grandad's sheepdog not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	nip	gerund	Grandad's sheepdog not said here	your little cousin					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location cousin=Theme
4	run about	present · progressive	your little cousin					about property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: Best move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 move	amod
2	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Let them carry on, it's a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 carry	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 game	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 game	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 game	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	them = they					tree rules
2	carry on	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	a game					tree rules

Option 2

Shout at the dog and hit it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 dog	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hit	cc
6	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					at the dog	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hit	infinitive	you not said here	dog					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 3

Tell your cousin to run faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 run	mark
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	your cousin					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cousin=Recipient clause=Topic
2	run not said to happen	to-infinitive	your cousin not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Get Grandad to call the dog off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 call	mark
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Get	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	4 call	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	Grandad					tree rules
2	call off speech: assert	to-infinitive	Grandad not said here		the dog				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient

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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