Test 13 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

our cat's been hiding and won't eat for 2 days

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: hide, not eat

This is test 13 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cat	nmod:poss
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eat	cc
7	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 eat	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 eat	advmod
9	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hiding	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 days	nummod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · progressive	our cat						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not eat	future	our cat not said here				day		vn eat-39.1-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Give her loads more treats to tempt her out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 loads	nmod:poss
3	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Give	obj
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 treats	amod
5	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Give	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tempt	mark
7	tempt	tempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Give	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tempt	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 tempt	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	her loads					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent load=Recipient treat=Theme
2	tempt out	to-infinitive	you not said here		her = she				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 2

Leave her, cats just do that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leave	punct
4	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leave	obj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	her = she					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme cat=Attribute
2	do	present	you not said here	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult, the cat may need a vet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 need	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 need	aux
8	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 vet	det
10	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	need	may	the cat	a vet					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme

Option 4

Wait a week to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 week	det
3	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl:unmarked
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				week		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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