Exam question 1 · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capacity of the domestic cat to survive falls?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, survive · To what, where: capacity, falls

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 capacity	det
10	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 cat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cat	det
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cat	amod
14	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 capacity	nmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 survive	mark
16	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 characterises	advcl
17	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 survive	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the capacity of the domestic cat	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	survive	to-infinitive	falls		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fall=Circumstance

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 · ✓ the right answer

It may turn to land upon its feet, yet remains liable to serious injury

The tree, 14 words

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 turn	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 land	mark
5	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	xcomp
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 feet	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 land	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 remains	punct
10	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	11 remains	cc
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	conj
12	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remains	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 injury	case
14	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 injury	amod
15	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	turn	may	It		tree rules
2	land	to-infinitive		upon its feet	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	remain	present		to serious injury; liable property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It lands upon its back in the majority of cases

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	2 lands	nsubj
2	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lands	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 majority	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 majority	det
8	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lands	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 cases	case
10	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 majority	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	It			the majority of cases		upon its back	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in majority=Destination

Option 3

It is invariably uninjured in falls from any height

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 uninjured	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 uninjured	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 uninjured	advmod
4	uninjured	uninjured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 falls	case
6	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 uninjured	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 height	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 height	det
9	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 falls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			falls from any height		invariably, uninjured property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It is injured only in falls exceeding a full kilometre in height, if ever

The tree, 14 words

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 injured	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 injured	aux:pass
3	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 falls	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 falls	case
6	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 injured	obl
7	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 falls	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 kilometre	det
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kilometre	amod
10	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exceeding	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 height	case
12	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exceeding	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ever	punct
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 ever	mark
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 injured	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	injure	present · passive		It		falls	ever		tree rules
2	exceed	gerund	falls not said here	a full kilometre				in height	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot kilometre=Theme in height=Attribute

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