Test 1 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first
«it's my birthday, just want a puppy for like a year» What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it · What happens: be, want · To what, where: birthday, puppy, best reply · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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 | _ | 5 birthday | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 birthday | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 birthday | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 5 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 reply | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 want | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 want | advmod |
| 8 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 birthday | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 puppy | det |
| 10 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 want | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 year | case |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 year | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 year | det |
| 14 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 puppy | nmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 want | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 want | obj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 reply | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 reply | det |
| 19 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 20 reply | amod |
| 20 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 20 reply | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | my birthday | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want in a quote | infinitive | a puppy | for a year | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme what=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | be speech: assert | present | the best reply | 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
Puppies only live for a year anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 year | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 year | det |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obl |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Puppies | year | anyway property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fine, puppies stay small for one year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 puppies | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
| 3 | puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stay | nsubj |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stay | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 year | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 year | nummod |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | Fine puppies | year | small property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A dog usually lives 10 to 13 years, so it is a promise for many years
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 lives | advmod |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 13 | case |
| 7 | 13 | 13 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 10 | nmod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lives | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 promise | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 promise | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 promise | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 promise | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 promise | det |
| 14 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | parataxis |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 years | case |
| 16 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 years | amod |
| 17 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 promise | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a dog | year | usually property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | present | dog | a promise | year | tree rules |
Option 4
Fine, after a year you can just take it back to the shop you got it from
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 take | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 year | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 year | det |
| 5 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 take | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 take | aux |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 take | advmod |
| 9 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Fine | parataxis |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 take | obj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 take | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 shop | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 shop | det |
| 14 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obl |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 got | nsubj |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 shop | acl:relcl |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 got | obj |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take back | can | you | it | the shop | year | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to shop=Destination | ||
| 2 | get | past | you | shop | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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