Test 3 · ★★ · Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds

«we want a puppy that can breathe properly and go on long walks, the vet said pick one with a longer nose. why??» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, puppy, vet · What happens: want, breathe, go, say, pick, be · To what, where: puppy, long walks, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 192 «Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds» 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: «we want a puppy that can breathe properly and go on long walks, the vet said pick one with a longer nose. why??»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 puppy	det
5	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 breathe	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 breathe	aux
8	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 puppy	acl:relcl
9	properly	properly	ADV	_	8 breathe	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 go	cc
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 breathe	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 walks	case
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 walks	amod
14	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 go	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 said	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 vet	det
17	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 said	nsubj
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 puppy	parataxis
19	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 said	ccomp
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 pick	obj
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 nose	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 nose	det
23	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 nose	amod
24	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pick	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
26	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 want	advmod
27	??	??	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	we	a puppy			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot puppy=Theme
2	breathe in a quote	can	a puppy			properly property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go in a quote	infinitive	a puppy not said here		long walks		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on walk=Location
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the vet				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	pick in a quote	infinitive		one		with a longer nose	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 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

The vet just likes long noses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vet	det
2	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 likes	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 likes	advmod
4	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 noses	amod
6	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	the vet	long noses					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nose=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Very flat faces squeeze the airways, so longer noses breathe and run more easily

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 flat	advmod
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 faces	amod
3	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 squeeze	nsubj
4	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 airways	det
6	airways	airway	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 squeeze	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 breathe	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 breathe	advmod
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 breathe	advmod
10	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 breathe	nsubj
11	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 squeeze	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 run	cc
13	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 squeeze	conj
14	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 easily	advmod
15	easily	easily	ADV	_	13 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	squeeze	present	flat faces	the airways		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent airway=Theme
2	breathe	present	noses		long property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run	present	flat faces not said here		easily property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Longer noses can smell the path much better, so the dog never gets lost on long walks

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 noses	amod
2	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 smell	aux
4	smell	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 path	det
6	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smell	obj
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 better	advmod
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 smell	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lost	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 lost	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lost	nsubj:pass
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 lost	advmod
14	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lost	aux:pass
15	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 smell	conj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 walks	case
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 walks	amod
18	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	can	Longer noses	the path				good property	vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus
2	not lose	present · passive		the dog		long walks			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

Flat-faced dogs never need walks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 faced	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Flat	punct
3	faced	faced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dogs	amod
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 need	advmod
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present	faced dogs	walks					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme

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