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Test 1 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

A girl in Belfast teases her kitten with a toy mouse but never lets it catch it. The kitten starts biting her. Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, kitten · What happens: tease, not let, catch, start, bite · To what, where: kitten, girl

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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 girl in Belfast teases her kitten with a toy mouse but never lets it catch it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teases	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Belfast	case
4	Belfast	Belfast	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	teases	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 kitten	nmod:poss
7	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teases	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 mouse	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mouse	det
10	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mouse	compound
11	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teases	obl
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 lets	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 lets	advmod
14	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 teases	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lets	obj
16	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 lets	xcomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 catch	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 teases	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	present	a girl in Belfast	girl's kitten				with a toy mouse	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Patient
2	not let	present	a girl in Belfast not said here	kitten					tree rules
3	catch	infinitive	kitten not said here	kitten					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

Sentence 2: The kitten starts biting her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kitten	det
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starts	nsubj
3	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	biting	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 starts	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 biting	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 starts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	the kitten						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	bite	gerund	the kitten not said here	girl					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Sentence 3: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Play that always ends in frustration makes animals snappy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 ends	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 ends	advmod
4	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Play	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 frustration	case
6	frustration	frustration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ends	obl
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 makes	obj
9	snappy	snappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	Play			frustration		always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	make	present	Play	animals				snappy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset animal=Product

Option 2

Kittens bite when they are happy and want to say thank you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bite	nsubj
2	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 happy	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 happy	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 happy	cop
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bite	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 want	cc
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bite	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 want	xcomp
11	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 say	ccomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 thank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	Kittens						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Kittens = kitten					happy property	tree rules
3	want	present	Kittens not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Kittens not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	thank speech: thank	infinitive			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

Kittens only bite people they dislike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bite	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 bite	advmod
3	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bite	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dislike	nsubj
6	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	Kittens	people					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	dislike	present	Kittens = kitten	people not said here					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus

Option 4

The toy mouse made it hungry, so it tried to eat her fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
2	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mouse	compound
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tried	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 tried	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tried	nsubj
10	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 eat	mark
12	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tried	xcomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fingers	nmod:poss
14	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the toy mouse	it				hungry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
2	try	past	mouse						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	mouse not said here	her fingers					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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