Test 12 · ★ · Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe

«your dog's well cute, can I stroke him?» What should happen next?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, I · What happens: be, stroke, happen · To what, where: dog

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» 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: «your dog's well cute, can I stroke him?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 cute	punct
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dog	nmod:poss
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cute	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cute	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 cute	advmod
6	cute	cute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stroke	punct
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stroke	aux
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 stroke	nsubj
10	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cute	parataxis
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stroke	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 cute	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 cute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	your dog					cute, well property	tree rules
2	stroke in a quote	can	I	dog					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer

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 should happen next?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	next	next	ADV	_	3 happen	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	should						next property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Pull its ears gently and tickle under its chin until it rolls over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 ears	nmod:poss
3	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pull	obj
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tickle	cc
6	tickle	tickle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pull	conj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 chin	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 chin	nmod:poss
9	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tickle	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 rolls	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rolls	nsubj
12	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pull	advcl
13	over	over	ADV	_	12 rolls	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here	its ears		gently property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	tickle	infinitive	you not said here		its chin		vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	roll over	present	chin			over property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Grab the dog round the neck for a big hug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 neck	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 neck	det
6	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 hug	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hug	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hug	amod
10	hug	hug	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the dog				round the neck; for a big hug	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dog=Theme for hug=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The owner says yes, the dog sniffs a hand, then a stroke on its side

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owner	det
2	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sniffs	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sniffs	nsubj
8	sniffs	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hand	det
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sniffs	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stroke	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 stroke	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stroke	det
14	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sniffs	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 side	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 side	nmod:poss
17	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stroke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the owner						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	sniff	present	the dog	a hand					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 4

Pat it hard on the head several times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pat	Pat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hard	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pat	appos
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 head	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hard	obl
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hard	obl:unmarked

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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