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Test 5 · ★ · Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe

«a dog's running at us, LEG IT!!» What is the safer thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, safer thing · What happens: run, leg, be, do · To what, where: IT

This is test 5 · ★ 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: «a dog's running at us, LEG IT!!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 LEG	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 LEG	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 dog	case
5	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 dog	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 us	case
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 running	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dog	punct
9	LEG	leg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	IT	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 LEG	obj
11	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	9 LEG	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 LEG	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	gerund	a dog not said here					at us	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at we=Trajectory
2	leg in a quote	infinitive	a dog	IT					tree rules

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 the safer thing to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safer thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the safer thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Run screaming to the gate as fast as you can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	screaming	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Run	xcomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 screaming	obl
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 screaming	advmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 can	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 can	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	scream speech: express	gerund	you not said here		the gate			fast property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to gate=Recipient

Option 2

Stare it down until it stops and turns round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stare	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 Stare	compound:prt
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 stops	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stops	nsubj
6	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stare	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turns	cc
8	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stops	conj
9	round	round	ADV	_	8 turns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare down	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	stop	present	it						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	turn round	present						round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

Stand still like a tree and look away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 look	cc
7	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here				still	like a tree	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look away	infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Throw your shoe at it to scare it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shoe	nmod:poss
3	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 scare	mark
7	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scare	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	7 scare	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	your shoe		shoe			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme at it=Destination
2	scare away	to-infinitive	you not said here	shoe				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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