Test 7 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

Why is it better to play with a kitten using a toy on a string than with your fingers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it · What happens: be, play, use · To what, where: toy, string

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 better	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 better	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 better	nsubj
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 better	csubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 kitten	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kitten	det
9	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 play	obl
10	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 play	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 toy	det
12	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 using	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 string	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 string	det
15	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 using	obl
16	than	than	ADP	_	19 fingers	case
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 fingers	case
18	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fingers	nmod:poss
19	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 using	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			good property	tree rules
2	play	to-infinitive				with a kitten	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with kitten=Co-Agent
3	use	gerund		a toy	a string	than your fingers	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient

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

Kittens cannot see fingers well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	Kittens	fingers				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus

Option 2

Toys make kittens grow faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	xcomp
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Toys	kittens					tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	kittens not said here					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It learns that hands are not for biting

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 learns	nsubj
2	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 biting	mark
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 biting	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 biting	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 biting	advmod
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 biting	mark
8	biting	bite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 learns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present	It						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not bite	present · progressive	hands						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Fingers are too slow for kittens to chase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slow	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 slow	advmod
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 kittens	case
6	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slow	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 chase	mark
8	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 slow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fingers					for kittens; slow property	tree rules
2	chase	to-infinitive	Fingers not said here						vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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