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Test 12 · ★★ · Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and…

«my dog shoved my hand off the neighbour's puppy, is he jealous??» What do tests suggest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, tests · What happens: shove, be, suggest · To what, where: hand

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 237 «Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and do cats really chase mice?)» 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: «my dog shoved my hand off the neighbour's puppy, is he jealous??»

punctnmod:possnsubjnmod:possobjcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctcopnsubjparataxispunctpunctroot«PUNCTmyPRONdogNOUNshovedVERBmyPRONhandNOUNoffADPtheDETneighbourNOUN'sPARTpuppyNOUN,PUNCTisAUXhePRONjealousADJ??PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_4 shovedpunct
2mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 dognmod:poss
3dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing4 shovednsubj
4shovedshoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 handnmod:poss
6handhandNOUNNumber=Sing4 shovedobj
7offoffADP_11 puppycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 neighbourdet
9neighbourneighbourNOUNNumber=Sing11 puppynmod:poss
10's'sPART_9 neighbourcase
11puppypuppyNOUNNumber=Sing4 shovedobl
12,,PUNCT_15 jealouspunct
13isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 jealouscop
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 jealousnsubj
15jealousjealousADJDegree=Pos4 shovedparataxis
16????PUNCT_15 jealouspunct
17»»PUNCT_4 shovedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shove in a quotepastmy dogmy handoff the neighbour's puppyvn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme off puppy=Initial_Location
2is in a quotepresentdogjealous propertytree 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.

Sentence 2: What do tests suggest?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoAUXtestsNOUNsuggestVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 suggestobj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 suggestaux
3teststestNOUNNumber=Plur4 suggestnsubj
4suggestsuggestVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 suggestpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1suggest speech: suggestpresent · do-supporttestsvn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dogs may feel a simple kind of jealousy

nsubjauxdetamodobjcasenmodrootDogsNOUNmayAUXfeelVERBaDETsimpleADJkindNOUNofADPjealousyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur3 feelnsubj
2maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin3 feelaux
3feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 kinddet
5simplesimpleADJDegree=Pos6 kindamod
6kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing3 feelobj
7ofofADP_8 jealousycase
8jealousyjealousyNOUNNumber=Sing6 kindnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelmayDogsa simple kind of jealousyvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme

Option 2

He is trying to shake hands with the puppy

nsubjauxmarkxcompobjcasedetoblrootHePRONisAUXtryingVERBtoPARTshakeVERBhandsNOUNwithADPtheDETpuppyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tryingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 tryingaux
3tryingtryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4totoPART_5 shakemark
5shakeshakeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 tryingxcomp
6handshandNOUNNumber=Plur5 shakeobj
7withwithADP_9 puppycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 puppydet
9puppypuppyNOUNNumber=Sing5 shakeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trypresent · progressiveHevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2shake not said to happento-infinitiveHe not said herehandswith the puppyvn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with puppy=Co-Patient

Option 3

Dogs cannot feel anything like that at all

nsubjauxadvmodobjcasenmodcaseoblrootDogsNOUNcanAUXnotPARTfeelVERBanythingPRONlikeADPthatPRONatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur4 feelnsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 feelaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 feeladvmod
4feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind4 feelobj
6likelikeADP_7 thatcase
7thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem5 anythingnmod
8atatADP_9 allcase
9allallDETPronType=Tot4 feelobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not feelcanDogsanythingalllike thatvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

He thinks the puppy is something good to eat

nsubjdetnsubjcopccompamodmarkaclrootHePRONthinksVERBtheDETpuppyNOUNisAUXsomethingPRONgoodADJtoPARTeatVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 puppydet
4puppypuppyNOUNNumber=Sing6 somethingnsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 somethingcop
6somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 thinksccomp
7goodgoodADJDegree=Pos6 somethingamod
8totoPART_9 eatmark
9eateatVERBVerbForm=Inf6 somethingacl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentHevn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is apresentthe puppysomethingtree rules
3eatto-infinitiveHe not said herevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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