Test 7 · ★★ · Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds
In a cartoon a dog sweats buckets after chasing the postman. What do real dogs do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, real dogs · What happens: sweat, chase, be, do · To what, where: buckets, cartoon, postman
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon a dog sweats buckets after chasing the postman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sweats | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sweats | nsubj |
| 6 | sweats | sweat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | buckets | bucket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sweats | obj |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 chasing | mark |
| 9 | chasing | chase | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 sweats | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 postman | det |
| 11 | postman | postman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chasing | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweat | present | a dog | buckets | a cartoon | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme | |||
| 2 | chase | gerund | a dog not said here | the postman | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent postman=Theme |
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 do real dogs do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dogs | amod |
| 4 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | real dogs | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
They cannot cool down at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cool | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cool | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 cool | advmod |
| 4 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 cool | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 cool | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cool down | can | They | all | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
They sweat only from their ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sweat | nsubj |
| 2 | sweat | sweat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 ears | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 ears | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ears | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sweat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweat | present | They | their ears | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from ear=Source |
Option 3
They sweat all over their bodies through their fur, just like people do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sweat | nsubj |
| 2 | sweat | sweat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 bodies | advmod |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 bodies | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bodies | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bodies | body | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sweat | obl |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 fur | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fur | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sweat | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 do | advmod |
| 12 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 14 do | mark |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 do | nsubj |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sweat | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweat | present | They | their bodies | through bodies's fur | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over body=Location | |||
| 2 | do | present | people | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They pant, because they sweat only through their paw pads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pant | nsubj |
| 2 | pant | pant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sweat | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 sweat | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sweat | nsubj |
| 6 | sweat | sweat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 pant | advcl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 pads | advmod |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 pads | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 pads | nmod:poss |
| 10 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pads | compound |
| 11 | pads | pad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sweat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pant | present | They | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sweat | present | they | their paw pads | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pad=Theme |
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