Test 7 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

A child says a new kitten will be exactly the same as the cat that died. Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child, new kitten, cat · What happens: say, be, die · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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 child says a new kitten will be exactly the same as the cat that died.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kitten	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kitten	amod
6	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 same	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 same	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 same	cop
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	11 same	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 same	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 cat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cat	det
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 same	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 died	nsubj
16	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 cat	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a child		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	future	a new kitten	as the cat; exactly, same property	tree rules
3	die	past	the cat		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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: Which is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

New pets always behave exactly like the old ones they come after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pets	amod
2	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 behave	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 behave	advmod
4	behave	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 behave	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 ones	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ones	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ones	amod
9	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 behave	obl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 come	nsubj
11	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ones	acl:relcl
12	after	after	ADV	_	11 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behave	present	New pets					like the old ones; always, exactly property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like one=Attribute
2	come	present	pets = pet	the old ones not said here				after property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme

Option 2

A new kitten will remember the old cat's life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kitten	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kitten	amod
3	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remember	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 remember	aux
5	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cat	amod
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 life	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cat	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remember	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	future	a new kitten	the old cat's life					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A new pet does not replace the old one; each is its own animal

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pet	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pet	amod
3	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 replace	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 replace	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 replace	advmod
6	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 replace	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 replace	punct
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 animal	det
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 animal	cop
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 animal	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animal	amod
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 replace	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not replace	present · do-support	a new pet	the old one					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme
2	is a	present		pet's own animal					tree rules

Option 4

The old cat's name will change the kitten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cat	amod
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 cat	case
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 change	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 change	aux
7	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kitten	det
9	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	future	the old cat's name	the kitten					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Patient
2	name		the old cat						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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