Test 8 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close
A cat you do not know comes over and rubs its cheek against your hand. What does that tell you?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cat, that · What happens: not know, come over, rub, tell · To what, where: cat, cheek, hand, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A cat you do not know comes over and rubs its cheek against your hand.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cat | acl:relcl |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 7 comes | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 rubs | cc |
| 10 | rubs | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 comes | conj |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 12 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rubs | obj |
| 13 | against | against | ADP | _ | 15 hand | case |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 hand | nmod:poss |
| 15 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rubs | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 comes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | you | a cat not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come over | present | a cat | over property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rub | present | a cat not said here | cat's cheek | your hand | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme against hand=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: What does that tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | that | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
It wants you to leave at once
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 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 leave | mark |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | It | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It is asking to be picked up and carried around the garden
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 asking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asking | aux |
| 3 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 picked | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 picked | aux:pass |
| 6 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 asking | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 picked | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 carried | cc |
| 9 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 picked | conj |
| 10 | around | around | ADP | _ | 12 garden | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 garden | det |
| 12 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | It | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | pick up not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING» | ||||||
| 3 | carry | participle | the garden | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is friendly and you can stroke it gently
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 friendly | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 friendly | cop |
| 3 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stroke | cc |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 stroke | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stroke | aux |
| 7 | stroke | stroke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 friendly | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stroke | obj |
| 9 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 7 stroke | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | friendly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stroke | can | you | it | gently property | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
It is about to bite you
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 about | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 about | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 bite | mark |
| 5 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 about | xcomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 bite | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bite | to-infinitive | you | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
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