Test 11 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility
In a famous cartoon a beagle sleeps on top of his kennel every night. What does a real dog need?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: beagle, real dog · What happens: sleep, need · To what, where: famous cartoon
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» 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 famous cartoon a beagle sleeps on top of his kennel every night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cartoon | det |
| 3 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cartoon | amod |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sleeps | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 beagle | det |
| 6 | beagle | beagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sleeps | nsubj |
| 7 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 top | case |
| 9 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sleeps | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 kennel | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 kennel | nmod:poss |
| 12 | kennel | kennel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 top | nmod |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 night | det |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sleeps | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sleeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | a beagle | a famous cartoon | night | on top of beagle's kennel | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Location |
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 does a real dog need?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 need | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 need | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dog | amod |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | nsubj |
| 6 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · do-support | a real dog | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No bed at all, just the cold garden at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 bed | det |
| 2 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 garden | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 bed | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 garden | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 garden | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 garden | det |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 garden | amod |
| 9 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 garden | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Only the roof of a kennel, like the cartoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 roof | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 roof | det |
| 3 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 kennel | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kennel | det |
| 6 | kennel | kennel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 roof | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cartoon | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 cartoon | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cartoon | det |
| 10 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 roof | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A small cage that is cleaned out once a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cage | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cage | amod |
| 3 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 cleaned | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cleaned | aux:pass |
| 6 | cleaned | clean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cage | acl:relcl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 cleaned | compound:prt |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 cleaned | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cleaned | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean out | present · passive | a small cage | year | once property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A safe, warm, comfortable place to sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 2 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 place | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 safe | punct |
| 4 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 place | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 warm | punct |
| 6 | comfortable | comfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 place | amod |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 sleep | mark |
| 9 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 place | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | to-infinitive | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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