Test 1 · ★ · Wolves and dogs

everyone knows wolves howl at the full moon, like in the cartoons yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, wolves · What happens: know, howl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Wolves and dogs» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 howl	nsubj
4	howl	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	ccomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moon	det
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 moon	amod
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 howl	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cartoons	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 cartoons	case
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cartoons	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cartoons	det
13	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 howl	obl
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	2 knows	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	howl	present	wolves					like the cartoons; at the full moon	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at moon=Stimulus

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

No, wolves never howl at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 howl	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 howl	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 howl	advmod
5	howl	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 howl	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not howl	present	wolves					at all	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at all=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they point up so the howl carries, not at the moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 point	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 point	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 point	nsubj
4	point	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 point	compound:prt
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 carries	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 howl	det
8	howl	howl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carries	nsubj
9	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 point	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 moon	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 moon	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 moon	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 moon	det
14	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 point	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point up	present	they			the moon			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	carry	present	the howl						vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, but only in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 winter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 winter	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 winter	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

Yes, the full moon makes them howl at it, every night of the month

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moon	det
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 moon	amod
5	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	nsubj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 makes	obj
8	howl	howl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 makes	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 howl	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 night	punct
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 month	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 month	det
16	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 night	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the full moon	them = they			night		tree rules
2	howl	infinitive	them = they not said here					at moon	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at it=Stimulus

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