Test 8 · Spike and Tom: real dogs and cats, enemies or friends?

«bulldog's snoring like a tractor again lol» Why might a bulldog snore so much?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bulldog · What happens: snore

This is test 8 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 snoring	punct
2	bulldog	bulldog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snoring	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bulldog	case
4	snoring	snoring	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 snore	nsubj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 tractor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tractor	det
7	tractor	tractor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snoring	nmod
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 tractor	advmod
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 snoring	discourse
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 snoring	punct
11	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 snore	advmod
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 snore	aux
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 snore	det
14	bulldog	bulldog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 snore	compound
15	snore	snore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 much	advmod
17	much	much	ADV	_	15 snore	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 snore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snore in a quote		bulldog					like a tractor	nom snoring «act intransitive»: poss=agent like=obl

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Snoring keeps other dogs away from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snoring	snore	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dogs	amod
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 keeps	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snore	gerund							vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep away	present			other dogs	it		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer dog=Beneficiary from it=Eventuality

Option 2

It is dreaming about chasing next door's cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dreaming	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dreaming	aux
3	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 chasing	mark
5	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 dreaming	advcl
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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dream	present · progressive	It						vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	chase	gerund		next door's cat					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its flat face makes breathing hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 face	nmod:poss
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 face	amod
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	breathing	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	obj
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 breathing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Its flat face						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	breathe	gerund						hard property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is far too hot from its thick fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hot	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hot	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 hot	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 hot	advmod
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 fur	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fur	nmod:poss
8	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fur	amod
9	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			its thick fur		far, hot property	tree rules

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