Test 5 · ★★★ · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

«Ryder says go and they just go, real dogs don't need training» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ryder, they, real dogs · What happens: say, go, not need, be · To what, where: training · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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 says	punct
2	Ryder	Ryder	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 go	cc
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dogs	amod
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 need	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 need	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 need	advmod
14	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	advcl
15	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 need	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 go	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Ryder			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go in a quote	present	they			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not need in a quote	present · do-support	real dogs	training		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot training=Theme
5	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

Yes, every dog knows how to do rescue work from the day it is born

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 rescue	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 rescue	aux
9	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 knows	ccomp
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rescue	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rescue	obl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 born	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 born	aux:pass
16	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 day	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	know	present	every dog			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	rescue	infinitive · do-support		work	day	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
3	bear	present · passive	the day not said here	dog		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, dogs can never be trained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 dogs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trained	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 trained	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 trained	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 trained	aux:pass
7	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not train	can · passive		dogs					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Yes, dogs understand every word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 understand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 understand	nsubj
4	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 understand	obj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Real working dogs need months of training with rewards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dogs	amod
2	working	working	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dogs	compound
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 training	case
7	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 months	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 rewards	case
9	rewards	reward	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 training	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Real working dogs				month		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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