Test 8 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home
A pet shop sells a hamster cage the size of a shoebox labelled "perfect home". What's the smart move?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pet shop, shoebox, smart move · What happens: sell, labell, be · To what, where: hamster cage, perfect home
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: A pet shop sells a hamster cage the size of a shoebox labelled "perfect home".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shop | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shop | compound |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sells | nsubj |
| 4 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cage | det |
| 6 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cage | compound |
| 7 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sells | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 size | det |
| 9 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sells | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 shoebox | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 shoebox | det |
| 12 | shoebox | shoebox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 size | nmod |
| 13 | labelled | labell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 shoebox | acl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 home | punct |
| 15 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 home | amod |
| 16 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 labelled | obl |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 home | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | a pet shop | a hamster cage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cage=Recipient size=Theme | ||||
| 2 | labell | participle | a shoebox not said here | perfect home | tree rules |
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 the smart move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 move | det |
| 4 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the smart move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Get an even smaller one so the hamster feels nice and cosy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 smaller | advmod |
| 4 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 feels | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hamster | det |
| 8 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feels | nsubj |
| 9 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | advcl |
| 10 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feels | xcomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 cosy | cc |
| 12 | cosy | cosy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 nice | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | a smaller one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | the hamster | nice property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Keep the hamster in your pocket instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hamster | det |
| 3 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 pocket | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 6 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl | ||
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | the hamster | your pocket | instead property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme in pocket=Location |
Option 3
Trust the label, the shop knows best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 label | det |
| 3 | label | label | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Trust | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 knows | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shop | det |
| 6 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knows | nsubj |
| 7 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Trust | parataxis |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | imperative | you not said here | the label | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know | present | the shop | best | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Check a charity guide; hamsters need much more space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 guide | det |
| 3 | charity | charity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 guide | compound |
| 4 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 need | punct |
| 6 | hamsters | hamster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 need | nsubj |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Check | parataxis |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 9 more | advmod |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 space | amod |
| 10 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | a charity guide | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guide=Theme | ||||
| 2 | need | present | hamsters | more space | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot space=Theme |
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