Test 10 · ★★ · Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today
«saw a guide dog in the shop, just gave him a cuddle, he didn't mind» What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: see, give, not mind, be · To what, where: guide dog, shop, cuddle, dog, problem
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 292 «Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today» 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 | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 4 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dog | compound |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 shop | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shop | det |
| 8 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gave | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 gave | advmod |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | parataxis |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 gave | iobj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 cuddle | det |
| 14 | cuddle | cuddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 mind | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 mind | nsubj |
| 17 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 mind | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 mind | advmod |
| 19 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 gave | conj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 mind | punct |
| 21 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 problem | obj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 problem | cop |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 problem | det |
| 24 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 mind | obl |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | a guide dog | the shop | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | past | a cuddle | dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cuddle=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not mind in a quote | past · do-support | dog | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | the problem | 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
There is no problem at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 problem | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no problem at all | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Guide dogs bite anyone who touches them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dogs | compound |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bite | nsubj |
| 3 | bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 bite | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 touches | nsubj |
| 6 | touches | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 touches | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present | Guide dogs | anyone | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient | ||||
| 2 | touch | present | dogs = dog | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |
Option 3
Cuddles make guide dogs ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuddles | cuddle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dogs | compound |
| 4 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Cuddles | guide dogs | ill property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A working dog must not be distracted from keeping its owner safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 2 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 dog | amod |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 distracted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 distracted | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 distracted | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 distracted | aux:pass |
| 7 | distracted | distract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 9 keeping | mark |
| 9 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 distracted | advcl |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 owner | nmod:poss |
| 11 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 keeping | obj |
| 12 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 keeping | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | gerund | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not distract | must · passive | a working dog | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | keep | gerund | dog's owner | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Theme |
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