Exam question 1 · Cats and dogs up close

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a cat rubbing against a person's legs?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: follow, characteris, rub · To what, where: cat, legs

This is exam question 1 of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	rubbing	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 cat	acl
12	against	against	ADP	_	16 legs	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 legs	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 person	case
16	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rubbing	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a cat		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	rub	gerund	a cat not said here		a person's legs		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against leg=Destination

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.

The options

Option 1

The cat is cleaning its fur upon the person's clothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaning	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cleaning	aux
4	cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fur	nmod:poss
6	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaning	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 clothing	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clothing	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 person	case
11	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present · progressive	the cat	cat's fur				upon the person's clothing	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fur=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cat is leaving its scent upon the person in a friendly manner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaving	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 leaving	aux
4	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 scent	nmod:poss
6	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaving	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaving	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 manner	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 manner	det
12	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 manner	amod
13	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · progressive	the cat	cat's scent		a friendly manner		upon the person	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent scent=Theme upon person=Location
2	scent		cat						nom scent «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The cat is attempting to trip the person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attempting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 attempting	aux
4	attempting	attempt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 trip	mark
6	trip	trip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 attempting	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	present · progressive	the cat						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	trip not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cat not said here	the person					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Agent

Option 4

The cat is warning the person to depart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warning	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 warning	aux
4	warning	warn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warning	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 depart	mark
8	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 warning	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present · progressive	the cat		the person				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent person=Recipient clause=Topic
2	depart	to-infinitive	the cat not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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