Test 6 · Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?

«dog went mental chasing next door's cat. is he a bad dog?» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: go, chase, be · To what, where: cat, bad dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 121 «Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?» of the biology 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: «dog went mental chasing next door's cat. is he a bad dog?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dog	csubj
4	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
5	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 went	xcomp
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cat	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 door	case
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chasing	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dog	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dog	nsubj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dog	det
14	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dog	amod
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 dog	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past	dog		mental property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	chase in a quote	gerund	dog not said here	next door's cat		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	dog	a bad dog		tree rules

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 right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

No, he was just cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 cold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cold	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cold	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 cold	advmod
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					cold property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, chasing what runs is prey drive from his wolf ancestors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 drive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chasing	punct
3	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 drive	csubj
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 runs	nsubj
5	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chasing	ccomp
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 drive	cop
7	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drive	compound
8	drive	drive	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 ancestors	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ancestors	nmod:poss
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ancestors	compound
12	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drive	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	chase	gerund				tree rules
2	run	present				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	chasing	prey drive	his wolf ancestors	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, he wants to hurt cats for fun because he is a mean dog

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hurt	mark
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hurt	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 fun	case
9	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurt	obl
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 dog	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dog	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dog	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dog	det
14	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dog	amod
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hurt not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	cats	for fun	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Patient
3	is a not said to happen	present	he	a mean dog		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, only bad dogs chase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 chase	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 dogs	advmod
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dogs	amod
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chase	nsubj
6	chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present	bad dogs						vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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