Test 11 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

can i give the cat some milk, she looks thirsty

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, cat · What happens: give, look · To what, where: milk, cat

This is test 11 · ★ 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	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 milk	det
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 looks	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 looks	nsubj
10	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 give	advcl
11	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	can	i	some milk	the cat				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient milk=Theme
2	look	present	cat					thirsty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, but only warm milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 milk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 milk	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 milk	advmod
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 milk	amod
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

Yes, milk is the best drink there is for cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 drink	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drink	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drink	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 drink	amod
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 is	expl
9	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drink	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 cats	case
11	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drink	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	milk	the best drink				for cats	tree rules
2	be	present	the best drink not said here			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Give her fresh water, milk can upset her tummy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 upset	punct
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 upset	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 upset	aux
8	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tummy	nmod:poss
10	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 upset	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	fresh water	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient water=Theme
2	upset	can	milk	her tummy					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tummy=Experiencer

Option 4

Only give her milk with sugar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 give	advmod
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 milk	nmod:poss
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 sugar	case
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	her milk				with sugar	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme

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