Test 6 · ★★ · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe… A cousin in Canada: "Cats need nothing, eh? Mine needs a vet, a litter tray and a toque in winter, bud." Joke aside, what is the point?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cats, Mine, you · What happens: need, joke, be · To what, where: nothing, vet, point
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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: A cousin in Canada: "Cats need nothing, eh?
det case nmod punct punct nsubj acl:relcl obj punct discourse punct root A DET cousin NOUN in ADP Canada PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Cats NOUN need VERB nothing PRON , PUNCT eh INTJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 cousin det 2 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 in in ADP _ 4 Canada case 4 Canada Canada PROPN Number=Sing 2 cousin nmod 5 : : PUNCT _ 8 need punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 need punct 7 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 8 need nsubj 8 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 cousin acl:relcl 9 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 8 need obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 eh punct 11 eh eh INTJ _ 8 need discourse 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 cousin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need in a quote present Cats nothing vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nothing=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: Mine needs a vet, a litter tray and a toque in winter, bud."
nsubj det obj punct det compound appos cc det conj case nmod punct conj punct punct root Mine PRON needs VERB a DET vet NOUN , PUNCT a DET litter NOUN tray NOUN and CCONJ a DET toque NOUN in ADP winter NOUN , PUNCT bud NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mine my PRON Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 needs nsubj 2 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 vet det 4 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 2 needs obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 tray punct 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 tray det 7 litter litter NOUN Number=Sing 8 tray compound 8 tray tray NOUN Number=Sing 4 vet appos 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 toque cc 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 toque det 11 toque toque NOUN Number=Sing 8 tray conj 12 in in ADP _ 13 winter case 13 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 11 toque nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 bud punct 15 bud bud NOUN Number=Sing 8 tray conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 needs punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 2 needs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present Mine a vet vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme
Sentence 3: Joke aside, what is the point?
advmod punct nsubj cop det obl punct root Joke VERB aside ADV , PUNCT what PRON is AUX the DET point NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Joke joke VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 aside aside ADV _ 1 Joke advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 point punct 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 7 point nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 point cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 point det 7 point point NOUN Number=Sing 1 Joke obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Joke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 joke speech: other imperative you not said here aside property vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present the point tree rules
The options Option 1 Cats need woolly hats to live
nsubj amod obj mark xcomp root Cats NOUN need VERB woolly ADJ hats NOUN to PART live VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 woolly woolly ADJ Degree=Pos 4 hats amod 4 hats hat NOUN Number=Plur 2 need obj 5 to to PART _ 6 live mark 6 live live VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 need xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present Cats woolly hats tree rules 2 live not said to happen to-infinitive woolly hats not said here vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Dogs need no care at all
nsubj det obj case obl root Dogs NOUN need VERB no DET care NOUN at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 care det 4 care care NOUN Number=Sing 2 need obj 5 at at ADP _ 6 all case 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 2 need obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present Dogs no care all vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Cats need daily care too
nsubj amod obj advmod root Cats NOUN need VERB daily ADJ care NOUN too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 2 need nsubj 2 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 daily daily ADJ Degree=Pos 4 care amod 4 care care NOUN Number=Sing 2 need obj 5 too too ADV _ 2 need advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present Cats daily care vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme
Option 4 Cats are worse pets than dogs
nsubj cop amod case nmod root Cats NOUN are AUX worse ADJ pets NOUN than ADP dogs NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 4 pets nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 pets cop 3 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 pets amod 4 pets pet NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 than than ADP _ 6 dogs case 6 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 4 pets nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Cats worse pets than dogs tree rules
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