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Test 10 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

In a cartoon a dog reads a newspaper and checks a wristwatch. What is true of real dogs?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: read, check, be · To what, where: newspaper, cartoon, wristwatch

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 193 «How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces» 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 reads a newspaper and checks a wristwatch.

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 reads	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reads	nsubj
6	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 newspaper	det
8	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reads	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 checks	cc
10	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reads	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wristwatch	det
12	wristwatch	wristwatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 checks	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	a dog	a newspaper		a cartoon			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Topic
2	check	present	a dog not said here	a wristwatch					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wristwatch=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 is true of real dogs?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dogs	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dogs	amod
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They have no sense of routine 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	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 sense	det
4	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 routine	case
6	routine	routine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sense	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	no sense of routine		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient
2	sense			routine					nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

They can read words if taught for long enough by a patient owner

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	3 read	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 read	aux
3	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 read	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 taught	mark
6	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 read	advcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 long	case
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 read	advmod
9	enough	enough	ADV	_	8 long	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 owner	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 owner	det
12	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 owner	compound
13	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	can	They	words				by a patient owner; long property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	teach speech: other a condition, not said to happen	participle	They not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They read scents instead and keep time through routines

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 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	scents	scent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 read	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 read	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keep	cc
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 read	conj
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 routines	case
9	routines	routine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	They	scents				instead property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=Topic
2	keep	infinitive	They not said here			routines	time		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent through routine=Location

Option 4

They wear watches in the wild

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 wear	nsubj
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	watches	watch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 wild	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wild	det
6	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	They	watches		the wild			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent watch=Theme

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