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Test 8 · ★ · Pets and farm animals

A cartoon cat laps a big saucer of milk and purrs. Why shouldn't you copy it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon cat, you · What happens: lap, not copy · To what, where: big saucer, saucer

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm animals» 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 cartoon cat laps a big saucer of milk and purrs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cat	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cat	compound
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laps	nsubj
4	laps	lap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 saucer	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 saucer	amod
7	saucer	saucer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laps	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 milk	case
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saucer	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 purrs	cc
11	purrs	purr	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 milk	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lap	present	a cartoon cat	a big saucer of milk and purrs					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saucer=Patient

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: Why shouldn't you copy it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 copy	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 copy	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 copy	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 copy	nsubj
5	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 copy	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 copy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not copy	should	you	saucer					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1

Real cats need milk only at night, when they get thirsty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 night	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 need	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 get	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 need	conj
12	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Real cats	milk			night		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot milk=Theme
2	get	present	cats = cat					thirsty property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Most cats get tummy upsets from milk; water is best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 cats	amod
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 best	parataxis
4	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 upsets	compound
5	upsets	upset	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 milk	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 best	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 best	cop
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Most cats	tummy upsets		milk			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent upset=Theme from milk=Source
2	is	present	water					good property	tree rules

Option 3

Milk is fine, but only cold milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 milk	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 milk	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 cold	advmod
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 milk	amod
8	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Milk					cold milk obl; fine property	tree rules

Option 4

Cartoon cats are a different species

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cats	compound
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 species	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 species	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 species	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 species	amod
6	species	species	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Cartoon cats	a different species					tree rules

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