Test 10 · ★ · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

«why's there a dog in the school library lol» What is a likely reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, school library · What happens: be · To what, where: likely reason

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs» 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 's	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 's	advmod
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 library	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 library	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 library	compound
10	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dog	nmod
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	10 library	discourse
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 library	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 reason	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 reason	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 reason	det
16	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 reason	amod
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 library	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a dog in the school library			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	the school library	a likely 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 · ← Mova's choice

It is lost

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	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		It					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

It is a police dog looking for stolen books on the shelves

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	5 dog	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	compound
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dog	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 books	case
8	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 books	amod
9	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looking	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 shelves	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shelves	det
12	shelves	shelf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 books	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a police dog		tree rules
2	look	gerund	a police dog not said here		for stolen books on the shelves	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for book=Theme
3	steal	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a reading dog that children read aloud to

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	5 dog	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	compound
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 read	obj
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 read	nsubj
8	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dog	acl:relcl
9	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 read	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	8 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a reading dog					tree rules
2	read	present	children	a reading dog				aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic

Option 4

It is a sniffer dog for chocolate and sweets in the lunch boxes

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	5 dog	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dog	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	sniffer	sniffer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	compound
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 chocolate	case
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sweets	cc
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chocolate	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 boxes	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boxes	det
12	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 boxes	compound
13	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dog	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sniffer dog		the lunch boxes		for chocolate and sweets	tree rules

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