Test 7 · Defences: poison, warning colours and mimics

«our dog bit a cane toad and he's drooling, he'll be grand» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: bite, drool, be · To what, where: cane toad

This is test 7 of lesson 247 «Defences: poison, warning colours and mimics» 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 bit	punct
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dog	nmod:poss
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	nsubj
4	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 grand	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toad	det
6	cane	cane	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toad	compound
7	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 drooling	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 drooling	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 drooling	aux
11	drooling	drool	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 bit	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 grand	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 grand	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 grand	cop
16	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 grand	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 right	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 right	cop
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grand	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 grand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bite in a quote	past	our dog	a cane toad		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Patient
2	drool in a quote	present · progressive	dog			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	future	dog		grand property	tree rules
4	is	present			right property	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

Cane toad poison can make dogs very sick, so get a vet quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cane	cane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toad	compound
2	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poison	compound
3	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 make	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 sick	advmod
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 make	parataxis
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 vet	det
13	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj
14	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	11 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	toad poison	dogs				sick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product
2	get	infinitive		a vet				quickly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vet=Stimulus

Option 2

Toads are harmless to dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 dogs	case
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harmless	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toads					to dogs; harmless property	tree rules

Option 3

Drooling means the dog liked the taste and wants another one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drooling	drool	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liked	nsubj
5	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 taste	det
7	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wants	cc
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	drool	gerund			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	like	past	the dog	the taste	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot taste=Theme
4	want	present		another one	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme

Option 4

Give the dog the rest of the toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rest	det
5	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 toad	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 toad	det
8	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the rest of the toad	the dog				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient rest=Theme

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