Test 3 · ★ · Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely

bruh my cat fell off the shed and landed on its feet so cats can fall off anything right

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, cats · What happens: fall off, land · To what, where: shed, feet, anything

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 3 «Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely» of the physics 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	4 fell	discourse
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cat	nmod:poss
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 shed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shed	det
7	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 landed	cc
9	landed	land	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fell	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 feet	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 feet	nmod:poss
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 landed	obl
13	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 fall	mark
14	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fall	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 fall	aux
16	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fell	advcl
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 fall	compound:prt
18	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 fall	obj
19	right	right	ADV	_	16 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	my cat	the shed			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient shed=Extent
2	land	participle	my cat not said here		cat's feet		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination
3	fall off	can	cats	anything		right property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient anything=Extent

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

No, cats always land on their backs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 land	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 land	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 land	advmod
5	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 backs	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 backs	nmod:poss
8	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 land	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	cats			cats's backs		always property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on back=Destination

Option 2

Yes, cats never get hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	nsubj:pass
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 hurt	advmod
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux:pass
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, high falls still hurt cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 high	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 falls	amod
4	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 hurt	advmod
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present	high falls	cats			still		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Patient

Option 4

Yes, cats float when they fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 float	punct
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 fall	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fall	nsubj
7	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 float	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	cats						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	present	cats = cat						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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