Test 4 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility
A lost dog is found two towns away. How can a vet find its owner quickly?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: vet · What happens: lose, find · To what, where: lost dog, owner
This is test 4 · ★ 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: A lost dog is found two towns away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dog | amod |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 found | aux:pass |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 towns | nummod |
| 7 | towns | town | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 away | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 found | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | find | present · passive | a lost dog | away property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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: How can a vet find its owner quickly?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 find | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 vet | det |
| 4 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | nsubj |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 owner | nmod:poss |
| 7 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 find | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | can | a vet | vet's owner | quickly property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Scan its microchip to find the number linked to the owner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scan | scan | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 microchip | nmod:poss |
| 3 | microchip | microchip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Scan | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 find | mark |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Scan | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 number | det |
| 7 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | linked | link | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 number | acl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 owner | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 owner | det |
| 11 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 linked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scan | imperative | you not said here | its microchip | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microchip=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | you not said here | the number | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ||||
| 3 | link | participle | the number not said here | to the owner | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to owner=Co-Patient |
Option 2
Wait for the dog to walk home by itself, following its nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 dog | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 walk | mark |
| 6 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 walk | advmod |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 itself | case |
| 9 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 walk | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 following | punct |
| 11 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 walk | advcl |
| 12 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 nose | nmod:poss |
| 13 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 following | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for the dog | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | walk | to-infinitive | you not said here | by dog; home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | follow | gerund | you not said here | dog's nose | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme |
Option 3
Look at the colour of its collar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 colour | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 colour | det |
| 4 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 collar | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 collar | nmod:poss |
| 7 | collar | collar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 colour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | at the colour of colour's collar | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at colour=Theme |
Option 4
Ask the dog where it lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 lives | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 6 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 dog | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the dog | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | live | present | dog | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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