Test 4 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

«Rocky's nose is all dry and warm, he's sick, call the vet now!!» Is a dry nose alone a sure sign of illness?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nose, Rocky · What happens: be, call, sign · To what, where: vet, dry nose, illness · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: «Rocky's nose is all dry and warm, he's sick, call the vet now!!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 dry	punct
2	Rocky	Rocky	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 nose	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Rocky	case
4	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dry	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dry	cop
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 dry	advmod
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 warm	cc
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dry	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sick	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sick	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sick	cop
13	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dry	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 call	punct
15	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 sick	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 vet	det
17	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 call	obj
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 call	advmod
19	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	15 call	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 dry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Rocky's nose			all, dry property	tree rules
2	be in a quote		Rocky's nose not said here				tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	Rocky			sick property	tree rules
4	call in a quote	infinitive		the vet	now		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vet=Recipient

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: Is a dry nose alone a sure sign of illness?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 nose	cop
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 nose	det
3	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nose	amod
4	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	nsubj
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 nose	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
7	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sign	amod
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 illness	case
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a dry nose				alone property	tree rules
2	sign			illness					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, a dog's nose is always dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 dry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nose	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dog	case
6	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dry	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dry	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 dry	advmod
9	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a dog's nose					always, dry property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, a dry nose means he has a high fever and must stay in bed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nose	det
4	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nose	amod
5	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fever	det
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fever	amod
11	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stay	cc
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stay	aux
14	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 has	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 bed	case
16	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	a dry nose			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	nose	a high fever		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fever=Patient
3	stay	must	nose not said here		bed	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is an old myth; look at how he eats, drinks and acts

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 myth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 myth	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 myth	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 myth	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 myth	amod
7	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 look	punct
9	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 myth	parataxis
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 eats	case
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 eats	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eats	nsubj
13	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 look	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 drinks	punct
15	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 myth	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 acts	cc
17	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 drinks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a old myth	tree rules
2	look	infinitive			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	eat	present	he		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, always call the vet at once, a dry nose means trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 call	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 call	advmod
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vet	det
6	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 call	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 means	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 nose	det
11	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nose	amod
12	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	nsubj
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 call	parataxis
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the vet				always property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent vet=Theme at once=Stimulus
2	mean	present	a dry nose	trouble					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Topic

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