Test 5 · ★ · Training a dog with rewards and patience
In a cartoon a dog learns a hard trick when the owner shouts «NO!» very loudly. What is true of real dogs?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, owner · What happens: learn, shout, be · To what, where: hard trick, cartoon
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon a dog learns a hard trick when the owner shouts «NO!» very loudly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 learns | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 learns | nsubj |
| 6 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 trick | det |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 trick | amod |
| 9 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 learns | obj |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 shouts | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 owner | det |
| 12 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shouts | nsubj |
| 13 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 learns | advcl |
| 14 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 NO | punct |
| 15 | NO | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 13 shouts | discourse |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 15 NO | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 NO | punct |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 19 loudly | advmod |
| 19 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 13 shouts | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 learns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | a dog | a hard trick | a cartoon | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic | |||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | the owner | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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.
Sentence 2: What is true of real dogs?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 dogs | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dogs | amod |
| 6 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | of real dogs; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real dogs learn only from cartoons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dogs | amod |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 learn | nsubj |
| 3 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 cartoons | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 cartoons | case |
| 6 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 learn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | Real dogs | cartoons | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from cartoon=Source |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Shouting and fear make dogs scared; rewards teach better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 make | csubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 fear | cc |
| 3 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shouting | conj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 teach | punct |
| 8 | rewards | reward | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 teach | nsubj |
| 9 | teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | conj |
| 10 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 teach | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | Shouting | dogs | scared property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product | |||
| 3 | teach speech: other | present | rewards | good property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Real dogs only learn when smacked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dogs | amod |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 learn | advmod |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 smacked | advmod |
| 6 | smacked | smack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 learn | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | Real dogs | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | smack | participle | Real dogs not said here | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Shouting is the best way to teach, because the dog never forgets it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouting | shouting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 teach | mark |
| 7 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 forgets | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 forgets | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dog | det |
| 11 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 forgets | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 forgets | advmod |
| 13 | forgets | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | acl:relcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 forgets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Shouting | the best way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | teach speech: other | to-infinitive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not forget | present | the dog | Shouting | tree rules |
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