Test 7 · ★ · Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe

«ew why's he sniffing that dog's butt, gross» What is the real reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: sniff, be · To what, where: butt, real reason

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 sniffing	punct
2	ew	ew	INTJ	Number=Sing	6 sniffing	discourse
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 sniffing	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sniffing	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sniffing	nsubj
6	sniffing	sniff	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 butt	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 dog	case
10	butt	butt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sniffing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gross	punct
12	gross	gross	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 butt	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 sniffing	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 reason	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 reason	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 reason	det
17	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 reason	amod
18	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sniffing	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sniffing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff in a quote	present · progressive	he	that dog's butt and gross					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butt=Theme
2	is a	present		the real reason					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.

The options

Option 1

He is looking for leftovers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 looking	aux
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 leftovers	case
5	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	He					for leftovers	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for leftover=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a dog hello, the scent tells who the other dog is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dog	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	nsubj
5	hello	hello	INTJ	_	4 dog	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tells	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scent	det
8	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	nsubj
9	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	9 tells	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dog	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dog	amod
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 who	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 who	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a dog	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	a dog		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	the other dog		tree rules

Option 3

He wants a fight and is looking for a soft place to bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fight	det
4	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 looking	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 looking	aux
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wants	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 place	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 place	amod
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bite	mark
13	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 place	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	a fight		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fight=Theme
2	look	present · progressive	He not said here		for a soft place	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for place=Theme
3	bite	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He thinks it is a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cat	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cat	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a cat					tree rules

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