Test 4 · ★ · The vet

«my hamster's lost 10 grams, he's fine innit, he's just on a diet» What is wise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: hamster · What happens: lose, be · To what, where: hamster, fine innit, diet

This is test 4 · ★ 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	_	5 lost	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hamster	nmod:poss
3	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 wise	advcl
6	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 grams	nummod
7	grams	gram	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lost	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 innit	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 innit	cop
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	amod
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grams	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 diet	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 diet	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 diet	cop
16	just	just	ADV	_	19 diet	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 diet	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 diet	det
19	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 lost	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 wise	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 wise	cop
23	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	23 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	present · passive		my hamster			tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	hamster	fine innit			tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	hamster		a diet		tree rules
4	is	present				wise property	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

Weight never matters for small pets like hamsters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 matters	advmod
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 pets	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pets	amod
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 matters	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 hamsters	case
8	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present	Weight					for small pets; like hamsters	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Feed him chocolate to put the weight back on quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	iobj
3	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 put	mark
5	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Feed	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weight	det
7	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 put	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 quickly	case
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	chocolate	him = he				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chocolate=Theme
2	put back	to-infinitive	you not said here	the weight				quickly property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent weight=Goal

Option 3

Hamsters often diet on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	often	often	ADV	_	3 diet	advmod
3	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hamsters	nmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 purpose	case
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hamsters	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Weight loss can be the first sign of illness; see a vet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loss	compound
2	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sign	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sign	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sign	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sign	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 sign	amod
7	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 illness	case
9	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sign	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 see	punct
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sign	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 vet	det
13	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Weight loss	the first sign				of illness	tree rules
2	see	infinitive	Weight loss not said here	a vet					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vet=Stimulus

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