Test 8 · ★★ · Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and…

«my dog yawned when dad yawned lol coincidence» What might it really be?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, dad · What happens: yawn, be · To what, where: lol coincidence

This is test 8 · ★★ 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 yawned	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 yawned	nsubj
4	yawned	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 yawned	advmod
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yawned	nsubj
7	yawned	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 yawned	advcl
8	lol	lol	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coincidence	amod
9	coincidence	coincidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yawned	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 yawned	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 be	obj
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 be	aux
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 be	nsubj
14	really	really	ADV	_	15 be	advmod
15	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 yawned	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 yawned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	yawn in a quote	past	my dog		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	yawn in a quote	past	dad	lol coincidence	tree rules
3	be	might	dog		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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

Dad caught it from the dog first, always

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 dog	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 caught	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 always	punct
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 caught	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	Dad	it				from the dog; always, first property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from dog=Source

Option 2

A coincidence, dogs never catch yawns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 coincidence	det
2	coincidence	coincidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dogs	compound
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 coincidence	punct
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 catch	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 catch	advmod
6	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	yawns	yawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not catch	present	coincidence dogs	yawns					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yawn=Theme

Option 3

The dog was copying the TV

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 copying	aux
4	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 TV	det
6	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	past · progressive	the dog	the TV					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme

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

Dogs sometimes catch yawns, most from their own people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 catch	nsubj
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 catch	advmod
3	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yawns	yawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 catch	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 most	punct
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 catch	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 people	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 people	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	Dogs	yawns				from Dogs's own people; most obl; sometimes property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent yawn=Theme from people=Source

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