Test 4 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

«whole family's out from 8 till 6, still want a dog tho» Which pet would suit better?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whole family, pet · What happens: be, want, suit · To what, where: 8, dog tho · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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	_	7 8	punct
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 family	amod
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 8	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 8	cop
5	out	out	ADV	_	7 8	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 8	case
7	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
8	till	till	ADP	_	9 6	case
9	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 8	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 want	punct
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 want	advmod
12	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 8	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tho	det
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tho	compound
15	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 want	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 want	punct
17	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	18 pet	det
18	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 suit	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 suit	aux
20	suit	suit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 want	parataxis
21	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 suit	xcomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 8	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	whole family		8	till 6	out property	tree rules
2	want in a quote	infinitive	whole family not said here	a dog tho		still		tree rules
3	suit	would	which pet				good 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

A big husky that needs hours of running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 husky	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 husky	amod
3	husky	husky	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 needs	nsubj
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 husky	acl:relcl
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 needs	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 running	case
8	running	running	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a big husky				hour		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

A monkey that needs a whole group

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 monkey	det
2	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 monkey	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 group	amod
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a monkey	a whole group					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot group=Theme

Option 3

A puppy that needs a wee break every few hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 puppy	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 break	det
6	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 break	amod
7	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hours	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hours	amod
10	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needs	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a puppy	a wee break			hour		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot break=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Fish or a pair of guinea pigs that cope with the day alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 pair	cc
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pair	det
4	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fish	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pigs	case
6	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pigs	compound
7	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pair	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 cope	nsubj
9	cope	cope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pigs	acl:relcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cope	obl
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 cope	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cope	present	guinea pigs				day	alone property	vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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