Test 12 · ★ · Training a dog with rewards and patience
«she rings that bell then stands at the door, so annoying» What has the dog learned?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, bell, dog · What happens: ring, stand, have, learn · To what, where: door · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 195 «Training a dog with rewards and patience» 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 | _ | 3 rings | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rings | nsubj |
| 3 | rings | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 bell | det |
| 5 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stands | nsubj |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 stands | advmod |
| 7 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rings | ccomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 door | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 door | det |
| 10 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stands | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 annoying | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 annoying | advmod |
| 13 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rings | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 annoying | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 has | nsubj |
| 16 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 annoying | parataxis |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 dog | det |
| 18 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 learned | nsubj |
| 19 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 has | acl:relcl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 rings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring in a quote | present | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stand in a quote | present | that bell | the door | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | |||
| 3 | have | present | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | learn | past | the dog | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A way to ask to go out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ask | mark |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 way | acl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ask | xcomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | go out not said to happen | to-infinitive | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
To make a noise just for fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 noise | det |
| 4 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 fun | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 fun | case |
| 7 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | a noise | for fun | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent noise=Product for fun=Asset |
Option 3
To call the cat in from outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 call | mark |
| 2 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cat | det |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 call | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 call | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 outside | case |
| 7 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 2 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | to-infinitive | the cat | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cat=Theme from outside=Source |
Option 4
That bells give treats only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 bells | det |
| 2 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | nsubj |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | treats | treat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | obj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | that bells | treats | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treat=Theme |
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