Test 5 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section Kai's sister: "Your cat says 'mrow' and wants food. That's the full vocabulary, Kai." What is she saying?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat, That, Kai · What happens: say, want, be · To what, where: mrow, food, full vocabulary · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» of the world 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: Kai's sister: "Your cat says 'mrow' and wants food.
nmod:poss case punct punct nmod:poss nsubj parataxis punct obj punct cc conj obj punct root Kai PROPN 's PART sister NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Your PRON cat NOUN says VERB ' PUNCT mrow NOUN ' PUNCT and CCONJ wants VERB food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 3 sister nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kai case 3 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 says punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 says punct 6 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 cat nmod:poss 7 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sister parataxis 9 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 mrow punct 10 mrow mrow NOUN Number=Sing 8 says obj 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 mrow punct 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 wants cc 13 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 says conj 14 food food NOUN Number=Sing 13 wants obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 sister punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert in a quote present Your cat mrow vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mrow=Topic 2 want in a quote present Your cat not said here food vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=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: That's the full vocabulary, Kai."
nsubj cop det amod punct appos punct punct root That PRON 's AUX the DET full ADJ vocabulary NOUN , PUNCT Kai PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 vocabulary nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 vocabulary cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 vocabulary det 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 5 vocabulary amod 5 vocabulary vocabulary NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 Kai punct 7 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 5 vocabulary appos 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 vocabulary punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 5 vocabulary punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present That the full vocabulary tree rules
Sentence 3: What is she saying?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX she PRON saying VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 saying obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 saying aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 saying nsubj 4 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 saying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive Kai vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 Cats only speak when hungry
nsubj advmod mark advcl root Cats NOUN only ADV speak VERB when SCONJ hungry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 3 speak nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 speak advmod 3 speak speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when SCONJ _ 5 hungry mark 5 hungry hungry ADJ Degree=Pos 3 speak advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other present Cats vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer His cat makes cat sounds, not English words
nmod:poss nsubj compound obj punct advmod amod obl root His PRON cat NOUN makes VERB cat NOUN sounds NOUN , PUNCT not PART English ADJ words NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cat nmod:poss 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 makes nsubj 3 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 5 sounds compound 5 sounds sound NOUN Number=Plur 3 makes obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 words punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 words advmod 8 English English ADJ Degree=Pos 9 words amod 9 words word NOUN Number=Plur 3 makes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present His cat cat sounds English words obl vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Product
Option 3 Cats speak English to their owners
nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl root Cats NOUN speak VERB English PROPN to ADP their PRON owners NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 2 speak nsubj 2 speak speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 English English PROPN Number=Sing 2 speak obj 4 to to ADP _ 6 owners case 5 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 owners nmod:poss 6 owners owner NOUN Number=Plur 2 speak obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other present Cats English to Cats's owners tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice His cat can say more words than the video cat
nmod:poss nsubj aux amod obj case det compound obl root His PRON cat NOUN can AUX say VERB more ADJ words NOUN than ADP the DET video NOUN cat NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cat nmod:poss 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 4 say nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 words amod 6 words word NOUN Number=Plur 4 say obj 7 than than ADP _ 10 cat case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 cat det 9 video video NOUN Number=Sing 10 cat compound 10 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 4 say obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert can His cat more words than the video cat vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
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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