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Test 2 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

A boy in Auckland sees his cat scratching and finds tiny dark specks in its fur. What should the family do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, cat, family · What happens: see, scratch, find, do · To what, where: cat, tiny dark specks, fur

This is test 2 · ★ 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 boy in Auckland sees his cat scratching and finds tiny dark specks in its fur.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Auckland	case
4	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cat	nmod:poss
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	obj
8	scratching	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sees	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 finds	cc
10	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sees	conj
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 specks	amod
12	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 specks	amod
13	specks	speck	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 finds	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 fur	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 fur	nmod:poss
16	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 finds	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	a boy in Auckland	boy's cat					tree rules
2	scratch	gerund	boy's cat not said here						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	find	present	a boy in Auckland not said here	tiny dark specks		cat's fur			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speck=Topic

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 should the family do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	the family						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

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

Treat it for fleas as the vet suggests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Treat	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 fleas	case
4	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Treat	obl
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 suggests	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vet	det
7	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 suggests	nsubj
8	suggests	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Treat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	imperative	you not said here	it				for fleas	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	suggest speech: suggest	present	the vet						vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Keep the boy away from all cats for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cats	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cats	det
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 good	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	imperative	you not said here		the boy			from all cats; for good; away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer boy=Beneficiary from cat=Eventuality

Option 3

Nothing, specks are normal dirt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 specks	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	specks	speck	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dirt	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dirt	cop
5	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dirt	amod
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Nothing specks	normal dirt					tree rules

Option 4

Shave off all its fur at home with clippers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shave	shave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Shave	compound:prt
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 fur	det:predet
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fur	nmod:poss
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shave	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shave	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 clippers	case
9	clippers	clipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Shave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shave off	imperative	you not said here	its fur		home		with clippers	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fur=Patient with clipper=Instrument

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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