Test 3 · ★★ · Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and…
«my dog chewed my shoe and looked SO guilty, he knows he was bad» What is the science?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: chew, look, know, be · To what, where: shoe, science · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 chewed | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dog | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chewed | nsubj |
| 4 | chewed | chew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 shoe | nmod:poss |
| 6 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chewed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 looked | cc |
| 8 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chewed | conj |
| 9 | SO | so | ADV | _ | 10 guilty | advmod |
| 10 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 looked | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 knows | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 knows | nsubj |
| 13 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chewed | conj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 bad | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 bad | cop |
| 16 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 knows | ccomp |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 bad | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 science | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 science | cop |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 science | det |
| 21 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 knows | ccomp |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 chewed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chew in a quote | past | my dog | my shoe | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient | ||||
| 2 | look in a quote | past | my dog not said here | guilty property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | dog | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | past | dog | bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | the science | 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 · ✓ the right answer
The look is probably to calm you down, not guilt about the shoe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 look | det |
| 2 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 calm | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 calm | cop |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 6 calm | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 calm | mark |
| 6 | calm | calm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 calm | obj |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 calm | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 guilt | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 guilt | advmod |
| 11 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 calm | obl |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 shoe | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 shoe | det |
| 14 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 guilt | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the look | guilt about the shoe obl; calm, probably property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He wants another shoe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 shoe | det |
| 4 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | another shoe | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shoe=Theme |
Option 3
Dogs never make faces
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 make | advmod |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present | Dogs | faces | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Product |
Option 4
Yes, he feels sorry about that exact shoe and remembers chewing it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 feels | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 feels | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feels | nsubj |
| 4 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feels | xcomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 shoe | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 shoe | det |
| 8 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shoe | amod |
| 9 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sorry | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 remembers | cc |
| 11 | remembers | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feels | conj |
| 12 | chewing | chew | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 remembers | xcomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 chewing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | he | sorry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | remember | present | he not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | chew | gerund | he not said here | shoe | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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