Test 15 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

mum got lilies, cat keeps sniffing em

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, cat · What happens: get, keep, sniff · To what, where: lilies, em

This is test 15 · ★ 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	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
7	sniffing	sniff	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keeps	xcomp
8	em	em	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sniffing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	mum	lilies	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lily=Stimulus
2	keep	present	cat		tree rules
3	sniff	gerund	cat not said here	em	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent em=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

Put the vase higher on the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vase	det
3	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Put	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the vase		the table			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent vase=Theme on table=Destination

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

Tell mum to move them, lilies poison cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 move	mark
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 move	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 poison	punct
7	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 poison	nsubj
8	poison	poison	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 poison	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		mum	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
2	move not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	poison	present	lilies	cats		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient

Option 3

Let the cat sniff, just not lick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sniff	det
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sniff	compound
4	sniff	sniff	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lick	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 lick	advmod
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 lick	advmod
8	lick	lick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the cat sniff					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sniff=Theme
2	not lick	infinitive	you not said here						vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is fine, cats know what not to eat

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	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 eat	obj
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 eat	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		fine property	tree rules
2	know	present	cats		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	not eat	to-infinitive			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

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