Test 10 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

kitty's tail going thump thump while i pet her, she likes it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tail · What happens: go, like · To what, where: thump thump, thump

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kitty	Kitty	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tail	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 kitty	case
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 likes	nsubj:outer
4	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 tail	acl
5	thump	thump	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thump	compound
6	thump	thump	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	obj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 her	mark
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 her	nsubj
9	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 her	compound
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 going	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 likes	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 likes	nsubj
13	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 likes	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund	kitty's tail not said here	thump thump					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thump=Theme
2	like	present	kitty's tail	thump					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, thumping means she is very happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 thumping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	thumping	thump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happy	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 happy	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 happy	advmod
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	thump	gerund			vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	she	happy property	tree rules

Option 2

It means she is hungry for food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hungry	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hungry	cop
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 food	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hungry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she					for food; hungry property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, it means she wants more strokes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 strokes	amod
8	strokes	stroke	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	present	she	more strokes					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stroke=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, she is annoyed, stop and let her go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 annoyed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 annoyed	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 annoyed	cop
5	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 annoyed	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stop	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	she		annoyed property	tree rules
2	stop	infinitive				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	let	infinitive		her = she		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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