Test 6 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility
Count them: a family has 2 dogs and 3 cats. How many bowls of fresh water are needed if each pet has its own?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, family, pet · What happens: count, have, need · To what, where: them, 2 dogs, many bowls, own
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Count them: a family has 2 dogs and 3 cats.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 family | det |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 dogs | nummod |
| 8 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 has | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cats | cc |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 cats | nummod |
| 11 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 dogs | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | a family | 2 dogs and 3 cats | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient |
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 many bowls of fresh water are needed if each pet has its own?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bowls | amod |
| 3 | bowls | bowl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bowls | nmod |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 needed | aux:pass |
| 8 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 has | mark |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 pet | det |
| 11 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 has | nsubj |
| 12 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 needed | advcl |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 own | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 has | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 needed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · passive | many bowls of fresh water | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have a condition, not said to happen | present | each pet | pet's own | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
3
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
6
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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