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Test 1 · ★ · Animals

Your little brother says: "Animals can't feel anything, so it's fine to pull the cat's tail." What should you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little brother, Animals, you · What happens: say, not feel, be, pull, tell · To what, where: anything, tail, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics 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: Your little brother says: "Animals can't feel anything, so it's fine to pull the cat's tail."

nmod:possamodnsubjpunctpunctnsubjauxadvmodccompobjpunctadvmodexplcopconjmarkcsubjdetnmod:posscaseobjpunctpunctrootYourPRONlittleADJbrotherNOUNsaysVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTAnimalsNOUNcaAUXn'tPARTfeelVERBanythingPRON,PUNCTsoADVitPRON'sAUXfineADJtoPARTpullVERBtheDETcatNOUN'sPARTtailNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 brothernmod:poss
2littlelittleADJDegree=Pos3 brotheramod
3brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5::PUNCT_10 feelpunct
6""PUNCT_10 feelpunct
7AnimalsanimalNOUNNumber=Plur10 feelnsubj
8cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 feelaux
9n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 feeladvmod
10feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Inf4 saysccomp
11anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind10 feelobj
12,,PUNCT_16 finepunct
13sosoADV_16 fineadvmod
14ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 fineexpl
15'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 finecop
16finefineADJDegree=Pos10 feelconj
17totoPART_18 pullmark
18pullpullVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin16 finecsubj
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 catdet
20catcatNOUNNumber=Sing22 tailnmod:poss
21's'sPART_20 catcase
22tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing18 pullobj
23..PUNCT_10 feelpunct
24""PUNCT_10 feelpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour little brothervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not feel in a quotecanAnimalsanythingvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
3is in a quotepresentAnimals not said herefine propertytree rules
4pull in a quoteto-infinitivethe cat's tailvn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

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 should you tell him?

objauxnsubjiobjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXyouPRONtellVERBhimPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 tellobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 tellaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 tellnsubj
4telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 telliobj
6??PUNCT_4 tellpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertshouldyoubrothervn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Animals can feel pain and fear, so pulling her tail hurts her

nsubjauxobjccconjpunctadvmodcsubjnmod:possobjconjobjrootAnimalsNOUNcanAUXfeelVERBpainNOUNandCCONJfearNOUN,PUNCTsoADVpullingVERBherPRONtailNOUNhurtsVERBherPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnimalsanimalNOUNNumber=Plur3 feelnsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 feelaux
3feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4painpainNOUNNumber=Sing3 feelobj
5andandCCONJ_6 fearcc
6fearfearNOUNNumber=Sing4 painconj
7,,PUNCT_12 hurtspunct
8sosoADV_12 hurtsadvmod
9pullingpullVERBVerbForm=Ger12 hurtscsubj
10herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 tailnmod:poss
11tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing9 pullingobj
12hurtshurtVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 feelconj
13hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 hurtsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelcanAnimalspain and fearvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
2pullgerundher tailvn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme
3hurtpresentpullingher = shevn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient

Option 2

He is right, because cats have nine lives

nsubjcoppunctmarknsubjconjnummodobjrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJcatsNOUNhaveVERBnineNUMlivesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 havepunct
5becausebecauseSCONJ_7 havemark
6catscatNOUNNumber=Plur7 havensubj
7havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
8ninenineNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 livesnummod
9liveslifeNOUNNumber=Plur7 haveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2havepresentcatsnine livesvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient

Option 3

He is right, but only if the cat is asleep

nsubjcoppunctccadvmodmarkdetnsubjcopadvclrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTbutCCONJonlyADVifSCONJtheDETcatNOUNisAUXasleepADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_11 asleeppunct
5butbutCCONJ_11 asleepcc
6onlyonlyADV_11 asleepadvmod
7ififSCONJ_11 asleepmark
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 catdet
9catcatNOUNNumber=Sing11 asleepnsubj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 asleepcop
11asleepasleepADJDegree=Pos3 rightadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2is a condition, not said to happenpresentthe catasleep propertytree rules

Option 4

He is right, because the cat is ours and we can do what we like

The tree, 15 words
nsubjcoppunctmarkdetnsubjcopoblccnsubjauxconjobjnsubjccomprootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJtheDETcatNOUNisAUXoursPRONandCCONJwePRONcanAUXdoVERBwhatPRONwePRONlikeVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 ourspunct
5becausebecauseSCONJ_9 oursmark
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 catdet
7catcatNOUNNumber=Sing9 oursnsubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 ourscop
9oursourPRONNumber=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 rightobl
10andandCCONJ_13 docc
11wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs13 donsubj
12cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin13 doaux
13dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf3 rightconj
14whatwhatPRONPronType=Int16 likeobj
15wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs16 likensubj
16likelikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 doccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2is apresentthe catourstree rules
3docanwetree rules
4likepresentwevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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