Test 1 · ★ · The vet

«why's the vet sticking a needle in my dog, that's mean» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: vet, that · What happens: stick, be · To what, where: needle, reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» 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	_	6 sticking	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 sticking	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sticking	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vet	det
5	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sticking	nsubj
6	sticking	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 mean	csubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 needle	det
8	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sticking	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dog	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dog	nmod:poss
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sticking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sticking	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 mean	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 mean	cop
15	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 mean	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 reason	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 reason	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 reason	det
20	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mean	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stick in a quote	present · progressive	the vet	a needle	in my dog	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent needle=Theme in dog=Destination
2	is in a quote	present	that		mean property	tree rules
3	is a	present		the reason		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 · ✓ the right answer

It is a vaccine that protects him from illnesses

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	4 vaccine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 vaccine	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 vaccine	det
4	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 protects	nsubj
6	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 vaccine	acl:relcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 protects	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 illnesses	case
9	illnesses	illness	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 protects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a vaccine					tree rules
2	protect	present	a vaccine		him = he			from illnesses	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary from illness=Theme

Option 2

It is to make him sleep for ever

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	4 make	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 make	mark
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 make	obj
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ever	case
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					make property	tree rules
2	sleep	infinitive							vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is to punish him for being bad

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	4 punish	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punish	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 punish	mark
4	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punish	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bad	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 bad	cop
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 punish	obl

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

Option 4

It is to make his fur grow back thicker and shinier

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	4 make	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 make	mark
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fur	nmod:poss
6	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grow	nsubj
7	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	parataxis
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 grow	advmod
9	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 make	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shinier	cc
11	shinier	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 thicker	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					make, thick property	tree rules
2	grow back	present	his fur						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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