Test 1 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

"lol watch, I'll drop the cat off the bunk bed, they always land on their feet" What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, they, you · What happens: drop, land, say · To what, where: watch, bunk bed, feet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 watch	punct
2	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 watch	discourse
3	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 watch	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 drop	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 drop	aux
7	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cat	det
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	13 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bed	det
12	bunk	bunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bed	compound
13	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 land	punct
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 land	nsubj
16	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	17 land	advmod
17	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drop	parataxis
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 feet	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 feet	nmod:poss
20	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 land	obl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 say	punct
22	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 say	obj
23	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 say	aux
24	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	25 say	nsubj
25	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 land	conj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 drop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop in a quote	future	I	watch	the bunk bed		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cat=Theme off bed=Destination
2	land in a quote	present	they		their feet	always property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination
3	say speech: assert	present · do-support	you				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Only kittens get hurt, she's grown up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 kittens	advmod
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux:pass
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grown	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grown	aux:pass
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hurt	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 grown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		kittens					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	grow up	present · passive		she					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Fine, cats can't be hurt from that height

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cats	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hurt	nsubj:pass
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hurt	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 hurt	aux:pass
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 height	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 height	det
10	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	can · passive		Fine cats		that height			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Don't, they can still get badly hurt; the twist isn't a superpower

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Do	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hurt	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
6	still	still	ADV	_	9 hurt	advmod
7	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 hurt	aux:pass
8	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 hurt	advmod
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Do	advcl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 superpower	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 twist	det
12	twist	twist	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 superpower	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 superpower	cop
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 superpower	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 superpower	det
16	superpower	superpower	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not do	imperative	you not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hurt	can · passive		they	still	badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	not is a	present	the twist	a superpower			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Drop her from somewhere even higher, so she has more time to turn round

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drop	obj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 somewhere	case
4	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Drop	obl
5	even	even	ADV	_	6 higher	advmod
6	higher	high	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 somewhere	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 has	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 has	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Drop	parataxis
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 has	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 turn	mark
14	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 time	acl
15	round	round	ADV	_	14 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here	her = she			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme from somewhere=Destination
2	have	present	she		time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	turn round	to-infinitive	she not said here			round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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