--- title: cat rolled over, tummy rub? — Understanding cats · tree and pragmatics description: cat rolled over, tummy rub? Test 12 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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · Understanding cats cat rolled over, tummy rub? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** roll over · **To what, where:** tummy rub This is test 12 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t12:1 # text = cat rolled over, tummy rub? 1 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 tummy tummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 rub rub NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll over** | participle | | tummy rub | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, that's what she wants ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, that's what she wants 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | she | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Better not, many cats hate it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t12:o2:1 # text = Better not, many cats hate it 1 Better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | many cats | it | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, cats love belly rubs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, cats love belly rubs 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 rubs rub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | cats | belly rubs | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rub=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if she's purring ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, if she's purring 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 purring purr VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purr** | present · progressive | she | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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