Test 8 · ★ · Wolves and dogs
Why could a dog nose print work like a fingerprint?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓
This is test 8 · ★ 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=Int | root | root |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 work | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nose | compound |
| 5 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 print | compound |
| 6 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 work | compound | ||
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 could | nsubj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 fingerprint | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fingerprint | det |
| 10 | fingerprint | fingerprint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 work | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Every dog's nose has its own unique pattern of ridges
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nose | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 dog | case |
| 4 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 pattern | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pattern | amod |
| 8 | unique | unique | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pattern | amod |
| 9 | pattern | pattern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 ridges | case |
| 11 | ridges | ridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pattern | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | every dog's nose | nose's own unique pattern of ridges | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pattern=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pattern | ridges | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
All dogs have exactly the same nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 dogs | det |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 nose | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nose | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 nose | amod |
| 7 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | all dogs | the same nose | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient |
Option 3
Nose prints change every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prints | compound |
| 2 | prints | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | nsubj | |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 change | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Nose prints | day | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Dogs leave prints only with their tails, never their noses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | prints | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 leave | obj | |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 tails | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 tails | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tails | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 leave | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 noses | punct |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 noses | advmod |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 noses | nmod:poss |
| 11 | noses | nose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | Dogs | prints | with Dogs's tails; Dogs's noses obl | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent print=Recipient with tail=Theme |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/t8/