Test 11 · ★ · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

«my deaf uncle's dog keeps pawing him every time the alarm goes» What is the dog doing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, alarm · What happens: keep, paw, go, do · To what, where: dog

This is test 11 · ★ 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	_	7 keeps	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 uncle	nmod:poss
3	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 uncle	amod
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dog	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 uncle	case
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	pawing	paw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pawing	obj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goes	obl:unmarked
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 alarm	det
13	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goes	nsubj
14	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keeps	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 doing	obj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 doing	aux
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 dog	det
19	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 doing	nsubj
20	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 keeps	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	keep in a quote	present	my deaf uncle's dog			tree rules
2	paw in a quote	gerund	my deaf uncle's dog not said here	dog		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	go in a quote	present	the alarm		time	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	do	present · progressive	the dog			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

It is a hearing dog telling him about the sound

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	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	compound
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dog	acl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 telling	iobj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 sound	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sound	det
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a hearing dog					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	a hearing dog not said here		dog			about the sound	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about sound=Topic

Option 2

It wants to play a game

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 play	mark
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	It						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive		a game					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 3

It is hungry

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 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					hungry property	tree rules

Option 4

It is scared of the alarm and wants your uncle to pick it up and hold it

The tree, 17 words

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 scared	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 alarm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 alarm	det
6	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wants	cc
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	conj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 uncle	nmod:poss
10	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pick	mark
12	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wants	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pick	obj
14	up	up	ADP	_	12 pick	compound:prt
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hold	cc
16	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 pick	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		of the alarm; scared property	tree rules
2	want	present		your uncle		tree rules
3	pick up not said to happen	to-infinitive	your uncle not said here	alarm		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	hold	infinitive	your uncle not said here	alarm		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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