Test 4 · ★★ · Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds

«our dog Max is 2, so he's like 14 in people years, a kid» What is closer to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, 2 · What happens: be · To what, where: 2

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 2	punct
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dog	nmod:poss
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 2	nsubj
4	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dog	appos
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 2	cop
6	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	22 closer	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 14	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 14	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 14	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 14	cop
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 14	case
12	14	14	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 2	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 years	case
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 years	compound
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 14	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 kid	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 kid	det
18	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 14	conj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 2	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 closer	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 closer	cop
22	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 truth	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 truth	det
25	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 closer	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 closer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	our dog	2			tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	dog		year	like 14 and a kid	tree rules
3	is	present	2			to the truth; close 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Max is already a young grown-up; dogs grow up very fast in the first year

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 grow	cop
3	already	already	ADV	_	11 grow	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 grow	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grown	amod
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 a	acl
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 grown	compound:prt
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 grow	punct
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grow	nsubj
11	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Max	acl:relcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 grow	compound:prt
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 fast	advmod
14	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 grow	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 year	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 year	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 year	amod
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	dogs	Max not said here			year	fast, grow property	tree rules

Option 2

No, he is 2 in people years too, just like a child of two

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 2	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 2	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 2	cop
5	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 years	compound
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 2	nmod
9	too	too	ADV	_	5 2	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 child	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 child	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 2	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 two	case
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 child	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	2 and a child of two			year		tree rules

Option 3

No, he is still a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 baby	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 baby	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 baby	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	7 baby	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 baby	det
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a baby			still		tree rules

Option 4

Yes, he is exactly 14, because every single dog year is worth seven of our years

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 14	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 14	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 14	cop
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 14	advmod
6	14	14	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 worth	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 worth	mark
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 year	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 year	amod
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 year	compound
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worth	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 worth	cop
14	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 14	conj
15	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 worth	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 years	case
17	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 years	nmod:poss
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 seven	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	14				exactly property	tree rules
2	is	present	every single dog year					worth property	tree rules

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