Test 18 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

my nan says give the kitten a saucer of milk, cats love milk

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, cats · What happens: say, give, love · To what, where: saucer, kitten, milk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitten	det
6	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 saucer	det
8	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 milk	case
10	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saucer	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 love	punct
12	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 love	nsubj
13	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
14	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	present		a saucer of milk	the kitten	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Recipient saucer=Theme
3	love	present	cats	milk		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer milk=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

She is right, cats need milk daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
8	daily	daily	ADV	_	6 need	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	need	present	cats	milk				daily property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot milk=Theme

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

Most adult cats cannot digest milk well, so fresh water is better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 cats	amod
2	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cats	amod
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 digest	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 digest	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 digest	advmod
6	digest	digest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 digest	obj
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 digest	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 better	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 better	advmod
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 better	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 better	cop
14	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 digest	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not digest	can	Most adult cats	milk				well property	tree rules
2	is	present	fresh water					good property	tree rules

Option 3

She is right, milk is their best drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 drink	punct
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drink	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 drink	cop
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 drink	nmod:poss
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 drink	amod
9	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	milk	their best drink					tree rules

Option 4

She is right, if the milk is cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cold	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 cold	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 milk	det
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cold	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cold	cop
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the milk					cold property	tree rules

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