Test 1 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye
A girl in Cork notices her usually cuddly cat hisses when picked up and hides all day. What is the most likely reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, cuddly cat, likely reason · What happens: notice, hiss, pick up, hide, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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 Cork notices her usually cuddly cat hisses when picked up and hides all day.
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 notices | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Cork | case |
| 4 | Cork | Cork | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | notices | notice | 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 | 9 cat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 8 cuddly | advmod |
| 8 | cuddly | cuddly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cat | amod |
| 9 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hisses | nsubj |
| 10 | hisses | hiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 notices | ccomp |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 picked | mark |
| 12 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 hisses | xcomp |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 picked | compound:prt |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 hides | cc |
| 15 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 notices | conj |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 day | det |
| 17 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hides | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 notices | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | a girl in Cork | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | hiss | present | girl's cuddly cat | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | pick up | participle | girl's cuddly cat not said here | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | hide | present | a girl in Cork not said here | day | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 is the most likely reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 reason | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reason | amod |
| 6 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It may be ill or in pain and needs a vet
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 | 4 ill | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ill | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ill | cop |
| 4 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 pain | cc |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pain | case |
| 7 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ill | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 needs | cc |
| 9 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ill | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 vet | det |
| 11 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | It | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | a vet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme |
Option 2
It is just in a bad mood for fun today
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 | 7 mood | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mood | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 mood | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 mood | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mood | det |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mood | amod |
| 7 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 fun | case |
| 9 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mood | nmod |
| 10 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mood | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | a bad mood | today | for fun | tree rules |
Option 3
It has suddenly decided that it does not like her
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 | 4 decided | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 decided | aux |
| 3 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 4 decided | advmod |
| 4 | decided | decide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 like | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 like | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 like | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 like | advmod |
| 9 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 decided | advcl |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present · perfect · passive | It | suddenly property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not like | present · do-support | it | her = she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |
Option 4
It is training to be a guard cat
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 training | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 training | aux |
| 3 | training | train | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 cat | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 cat | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cat | det |
| 7 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cat | compound |
| 8 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 training | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present · progressive | It | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | a guard cat | tree rules |
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