Test 5 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

«i want a puppy for xmas!! i'll walk it like twice, then nan can» What is the problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: want, walk, be · To what, where: puppy, problem

This is test 5 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 walk	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 puppy	det
5	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 xmas	case
7	xmas	Xmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 want	obl
8	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 walk	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 walk	aux
11	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 walk	obj
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 twice	case
14	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 walk	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 can	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 can	advmod
17	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 can	nsubj
18	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 walk	advcl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 can	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 problem	obj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 problem	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 problem	det
23	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 can	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	i	a puppy	for xmas	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot puppy=Theme
2	walk in a quote	future	i	puppy		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory
3	is a	present		the problem		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

Puppies cannot go outside until they are ten years old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 old	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 old	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 old	cop
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 old	obl:unmarked
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	can	Puppies					outside property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Puppies = puppy				year	old property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A dog needs walks and care every day for many years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needs	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 care	cc
6	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 needs	conj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 care	obl:unmarked
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 years	amod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a dog	walks					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme
2	care	present	a dog not said here				day; year		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Nans are not allowed to walk dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nans	nan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 walk	mark
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walk	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Nans					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	Nans not said here	dogs					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Agent

Option 4

Nothing, dogs only need walks at Christmas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 dogs	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 Christmas	case
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Nothing dogs	walks		Christmas			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme

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