Test 11 · ★★ · Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today
«my Great Dane and my mate's chihuahua were born the same week, they'll die the same year» What is more likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dane · What happens: bear, die, be · To what, where: Great Dane
This is test 11 · ★★ 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 | _ | 11 born | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 Dane | nmod:poss |
| 3 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Dane | amod |
| 4 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 born | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 chihuahua | cc |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mate | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chihuahua | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 mate | case |
| 9 | chihuahua | chihuahua | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Dane | conj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 born | aux:pass |
| 11 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 likely | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 week | det |
| 13 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 week | amod |
| 14 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 born | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 die | punct |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 die | nsubj |
| 17 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 die | aux |
| 18 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 born | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 year | det |
| 20 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 year | amod |
| 21 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 die | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 born | punct |
| 23 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 26 likely | nsubj |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 likely | cop |
| 25 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 26 likely | advmod |
| 26 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 27 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 26 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear in a quote | past · passive | my Great Dane and my mate's chihuahua | week | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | die in a quote | future | Dane | year | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | is | present | likely 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 Great Dane will live much longer, since big means strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Dane | det |
| 2 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Dane | amod |
| 3 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 live | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 live | aux |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 7 longer | advmod |
| 7 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 live | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 means | punct |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 11 means | mark |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 means | nsubj |
| 11 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 live | parataxis |
| 12 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | future | the Great Dane | long property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | big | strong property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The chihuahua will probably live longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chihuahua | det |
| 2 | chihuahua | chihuahua | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 live | aux |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 live | advmod |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | future | the chihuahua | long, probably property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Size makes no difference at all to dogs' lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 difference | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 lives | case |
| 8 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lives | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 8 dogs | case |
| 10 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Size | no difference | all | to dogs's lives | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset difference=Product |
Option 4
They will both die on exactly the same day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 die | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 die | aux |
| 3 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 die | advmod |
| 4 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 9 day | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 die | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | future | They | day | both property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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