Test 5 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home
Gran is scared the cat will hurt the new baby and keeps telling the old story. What's a wise reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, cat · What happens: be, hurt, keep, tell · To what, where: new baby, old story, wise reply · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Gran is scared the cat will hurt the new baby and keeps telling the old story.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cat | det |
| 5 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurt | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 scared | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 baby | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 baby | amod |
| 10 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurt | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 keeps | cc |
| 12 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | conj |
| 13 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 keeps | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 story | det |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 story | amod |
| 16 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 telling | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Gran | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | future | the cat | the new baby | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Patient | ||||
| 3 | keep | present | the cat not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the cat not said here | the old story | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |
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: What's a wise reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reply | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reply | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reply | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a wise reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"You're being silly, Gran, cats love babies."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 silly | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 silly | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 silly | cop |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 silly | cop |
| 5 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Gran | punct |
| 7 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 silly | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 love | punct |
| 9 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 love | nsubj |
| 10 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 silly | conj |
| 11 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 love | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 silly | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 silly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | You | silly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love in a quote | present | cats | babies | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus |
Option 2
"Give the cat away right now."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| 2 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cat | det |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Give | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 Give | advmod |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 now | advmod |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 Give | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the cat | now | away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |
Option 3
"Let the cat sleep in the cot."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 2 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sleep | det |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleep | compound |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Let | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cot | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cot | det |
| 8 | cot | cot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleep | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the cat sleep | the cot | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"It's an old superstition, but we'll keep them apart when no one's watching."
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 superstition | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 superstition | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 superstition | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 superstition | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 superstition | amod |
| 6 | superstition | superstition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 keep | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 keep | cc |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 keep | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 keep | aux |
| 11 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 superstition | parataxis |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 keep | obj |
| 13 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 11 keep | advmod |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 watching | advmod |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 one | det |
| 16 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 watching | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 one | case |
| 18 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 keep | advcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 superstition | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 superstition | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | It | a old superstition | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | future | we | them = they | apart property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 3 | watch in a quote | gerund | we not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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