Test 10 · ★★★ · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

«you point at the ball and the dog looks at your finger, dogs are thick» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dog, dogs · What happens: point, look, be · To what, where: ball

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» 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	_	3 point	punct
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 point	nsubj
3	point	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 ball	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ball	det
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 point	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 looks	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looks	nsubj
10	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 point	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 finger	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 finger	nmod:poss
13	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looks	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 thick	punct
15	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 thick	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 thick	cop
17	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 point	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 thick	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 right	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 right	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thick	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 point	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	point in a quote	present	you	the ball		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look in a quote	present	the dog		at your finger	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at finger=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	dogs		thick property	tree rules
4	is	present			right property	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.

The options

Option 1

Dogs only look at your feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 look	advmod
3	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 feet	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 feet	nmod:poss
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Dogs					at your feet	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at foot=Theme

Option 2

Right, dogs never understand pointing and only look at your finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	5 understand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 understand	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 understand	advmod
5	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	pointing	point	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 understand	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 look	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 look	advmod
9	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 understand	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 finger	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 finger	nmod:poss
12	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not understand	present	dogs		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	point	gerund	dogs not said here		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	look	infinitive	dogs not said here	at your finger	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at finger=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Only wolves understand pointing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 wolves	advmod
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 understand	nsubj
3	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pointing	pointing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 understand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	present	wolves	pointing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer pointing=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Dogs follow pointing better than chimpanzees and wolves do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 follow	nsubj
2	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pointing	point	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 follow	xcomp
4	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 pointing	advmod
5	than	than	SCONJ	_	9 do	mark
6	chimpanzees	chimpanzee	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wolves	cc
8	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chimpanzees	conj
9	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pointing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	present	Dogs		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	point	gerund	Dogs not said here	well property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	chimpanzees and wolves		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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