--- title: cat scratched me, bit of blood — Understanding cats · tree and pragmatics description: cat scratched me, bit of blood Test 13 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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · Understanding cats cat scratched me, bit of blood **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** scratch · **To what, where:** me This is test 13 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t13:1 # text = cat scratched me, bit of blood 1 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 scratched scratch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | past | cat | me | | | | bit of blood *obl:unmarked* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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} Leave it, scratches never matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t13:o1:1 # text = Leave it, scratches never matter 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 scratches scratch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme scratch=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **matter** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wash it with soap and water ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t13:o2:1 # text = Wash it with soap and water 1 Wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with soap and water | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with soap=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lick it clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t13:o3:1 # text = Lick it clean 1 Lick lick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | clean *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Put a plaster on dirty skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:23-understanding-cats:t13:o4:1 # text = Put a plaster on dirty skin 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plaster plaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a plaster | | dirty skin | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent plaster=Theme on skin=Destination | **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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