Test 3 · ★★★ · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

In 101 Dalmatians the puppies already have their spots as tiny babies. What is real?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: puppies · What happens: have, be · To what, where: spots, 101 Dalmatians

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: In 101 Dalmatians the puppies already have their spots as tiny babies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Dalmatians	case
2	101	101	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 Dalmatians	nummod
3	Dalmatians	Dalmatian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 have	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 puppies	det
5	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
6	already	already	ADV	_	7 have	advmod
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 spots	nmod:poss
9	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 babies	case
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 babies	amod
12	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the puppies	puppies's spots		101 Dalmatians		as tiny babies	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient

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 real?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1

Dalmatians are born black and turn white

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dalmatians	Dalmatian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 born	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 turn	cc
6	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 born	conj
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 turn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		Dalmatians				black property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	turn	present						white property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Dalmatians are born with all their spots, which just get bigger as they grow

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dalmatians	Dalmatian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 spots	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 spots	det:predet
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spots	nmod:poss
7	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 get	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 spots	acl:relcl
12	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 get	xcomp
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 grow	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grow	nsubj
15	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 born	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		Dalmatians	with Dalmatians's spots	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	get	present	Dalmatians's spots		big property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	grow	present	Dalmatians = dalmatian			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dalmatian puppies are born white and the spots come after about two weeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dalmatian	dalmatian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 puppies	amod
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 born	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 born	aux:pass
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 born	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 come	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spots	det
8	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 come	nsubj
9	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 born	conj
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 weeks	case
11	about	about	ADV	_	12 two	advmod
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 weeks	nummod
13	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present · passive		Dalmatian puppies				white property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	come	present	the spots				week		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Dalmatian spots are painted by breeders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dalmatian	dalmatian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 spots	amod
2	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 painted	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 painted	aux:pass
4	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 breeders	case
6	breeders	breeder	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	present · passive	breeders	Dalmatian spots					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

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