Test 6 · ★ · Wolves and dogs

Why might a blue toy be a better buy for your dog than a red one?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: blue toy · What happens: be · To what, where: better buy

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 buy	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 toy	det
4	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 toy	amod
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buy	nsubj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 buy	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 buy	det
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 buy	amod
9	buy	buy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 dog	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dog	nmod:poss
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buy	nmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buy	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	might	a blue toy	a better buy				for your dog; than a red one	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dogs see blue well, but red looks dull to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 see	xcomp
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 see	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 looks	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 looks	cc
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 looks	nsubj
8	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 see	parataxis
9	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 looks	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Dogs					blue, well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	look	present	red		Dogs = dog			dull property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to they=Experiencer

Option 2

Dogs are afraid of blue things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 afraid	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 things	case
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dogs					of blue things; afraid property	tree rules

Option 3

Dogs hate the smell of the red paint used on toys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smell	det
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 paint	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 paint	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 paint	amod
8	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smell	nmod
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 paint	acl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 toys	case
11	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hate	present	Dogs	the smell of the red paint		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus
2	use	participle		the red paint not said here	toys	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	smell		the red paint			nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Red toys are too heavy for dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 toys	amod
2	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 heavy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heavy	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 dogs	case
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 heavy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Red toys					for dogs; heavy property	tree rules

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