Test 3 · ★ · Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe
«hug him tighter, he loves it» but the dog is turning away and showing the whites of its eyes. What should happen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he, dog · What happens: hug, love, turn away, show, happen · To what, where: him, it, whites
This is test 3 · ★ 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: «hug him tighter, he loves it» but the dog is turning away and showing the whites of its eyes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 hug | punct |
| 2 | hug | hug | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hug | obj |
| 4 | tighter | tight | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 hug | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 loves | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 loves | nsubj |
| 7 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 hug | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 loves | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 loves | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 turning | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dog | det |
| 12 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 turning | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 turning | aux |
| 14 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 loves | conj |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 turning | advmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 showing | cc |
| 17 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 turning | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 whites | det |
| 19 | whites | white | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 showing | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 eyes | case |
| 21 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 22 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 whites | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug in a quote | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tight property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | love in a quote | present | he | it | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | turn away | present · progressive | the dog | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | show | gerund | the dog not said here | the whites of dog's eyes | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent white=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: What should happen?
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 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Kiss him on the nose to say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiss | kiss | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Kiss | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 nose | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 nose | det |
| 5 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kiss | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Kiss | advcl |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the nose | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | to-infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Let go and give the dog space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 give | cc |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 space | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 space | compound |
| 7 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | give | infinitive | you not said here | the dog space | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Hold his head still so he looks at you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 head | nmod:poss |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Hold | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 looks | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 looks | nsubj |
| 7 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hold | advcl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | his head | still | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | |||
| 2 | look | present | he | at you | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at you=Theme |
Option 4
Hug him tighter so he calms down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hug | hug | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hug | obj |
| 3 | tighter | tight | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Hug | xcomp |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 calms | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 calms | nsubj |
| 6 | calms | calm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hug | advcl |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 calms | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tight property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | calm down | present | he | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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