--- title: Mittens walks up to Emma in her kitchen in Toronto with her tail str… — Understanding cats · tree and pragmatics description: Mittens walks up to Emma in her kitchen in Toronto with her tail straight up. What is Mittens saying? Test 1 of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Understanding cats](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/23-understanding-cats/) / t1 # Test 1 · Understanding cats Mittens walks up to Emma in her kitchen in Toronto with her tail straight up. What is Mittens saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mittens · **What happens:** walk up, say · **To what, where:** Emma, kitchen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 23 «Understanding cats» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/23-understanding-cats/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mittens walks up to Emma in her kitchen in Toronto with her tail straight up. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t1:1 # text = Mittens walks up to Emma in her kitchen in Toronto with her tail straight up. 1 Mittens mitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Emma Emma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Toronto Toronto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 14 straight straight ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 up up ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk up** | present | Mittens | | Emma | Emma's kitchen in Toronto | | with Toronto's tail | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to emma=Result | 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 is Mittens saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t1:2 # text = What is Mittens saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Mittens mitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | Mittens | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} I'm scared of you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t1:o1:1 # text = I'm scared of you 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | of you; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hello, I'm glad to see you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t1:o2:1 # text = Hello, I'm glad to see you 1 Hello hello INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} I'm going to bite you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t1:o3:1 # text = I'm going to bite you 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} I'm angry, go away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t1:o4:1 # text = I'm angry, go away 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go away** | infinitive | | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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