Test 9 · ★ · Wolves and dogs

get your hands off that dog, you don't even know whose it is

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, not know

This is test 9 · ★ 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	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 get	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 dog	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 get	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 know	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 know	advmod
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 know	advmod
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 get	parataxis
13	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	12 know	ccomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 whose	obj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 get	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						off that dog; get property	tree rules
2	not know	present · do-support	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Wrong, all dogs love being grabbed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dogs	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 love	nsubj
5	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 grabbed	aux:pass
7	grabbed	grab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 love	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	all Wrong dogs						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	grab not said to happen	gerund · passive	all Wrong dogs not said here						vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

Wrong, strangers' dogs are always safe to touch and to grab

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 strangers	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dogs	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 strangers	case
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 safe	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 safe	advmod
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 touch	mark
10	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 safe	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 grab	cc
12	to	to	PART	_	13 grab	mark
13	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 touch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wrong strangers's dogs	always, safe property	tree rules
2	touch	to-infinitive	Wrong strangers's dogs not said here		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	grab	to-infinitive	Wrong strangers's dogs not said here		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Right, ask the owner first and let the dog sniff you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	3 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 owner	det
5	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 ask	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
11	sniff	sniff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 sniff	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the owner	first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	the dog		tree rules
3	sniff	infinitive	the dog not said here	you		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

Right, because dogs never bite anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 bite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bite	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 bite	mark
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bite	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 bite	advmod
6	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 bite	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bite	present	dogs	anyone					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

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