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Exam question 3 · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

It is given that a cat is observed to purr. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, observe, purr, select, establish · To what, where: It, cat, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a cat is observed to purr.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 observed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 observed	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 observed	aux:pass
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 purr	mark
10	purr	purr	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 observed	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	observe	present · passive		a cat					tree rules
3	purr	to-infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1

Purring indicates that the animal requires milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purring	purring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 requires	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	nsubj
6	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 indicates	ccomp
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	Purring						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	require	present	the animal	milk					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme milk=Precondition

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Purring may accompany contentment, injury, fear or giving birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purring	purr	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 accompany	csubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 accompany	aux
3	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	contentment	contentment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accompany	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 injury	punct
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contentment	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fear	punct
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contentment	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 giving	cc
10	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 contentment	conj
11	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 giving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purr	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	accompany	may	Purring	contentment and injury and fear					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contentment=Theme
3	give	gerund	Purring not said here	birth					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Purring occurs exclusively in contented cats that are well fed and warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purring	purring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 occurs	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cats	case
5	contented	content	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cats	amod
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fed	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fed	aux:pass
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 fed	advmod
10	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cats	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 warm	cc
12	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	Purring					in contented cats; exclusively property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cat=Location
2	content	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	feed	present · passive		contented cats				well property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 4

Purring is produced solely by kittens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purring	purring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 produced	aux:pass
3	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 produced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 kittens	case
6	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive	kittens	Purring				solely property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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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