Test 8 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

«puppy's only 50 quid online, sorted» Why be careful?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: puppy, 50 quid · What happens: be, sort · To what, where: 50 quid

This is test 8 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	_	9 sorted	punct
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quid	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quid	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 50	advmod
5	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 quid	nummod
6	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sorted	nsubj
7	online	online	ADV	_	6 quid	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 online	punct
9	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 sorted	punct
11	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 careful	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 careful	cop
13	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sorted	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	puppy	50 quid	online property	tree rules
2	sort in a quote	past	50 quid			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	infinitive	50 quid not said here		careful 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

Cheap puppies are always the healthiest, because they eat the least food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 puppies	amod
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 healthiest	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 healthiest	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 healthiest	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 healthiest	det
6	healthiest	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 eat	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 eat	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 eat	nsubj
10	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 healthiest	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 food	det
12	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 food	amod
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cheap puppies					always, healthy property	tree rules
2	eat	present	puppies = puppy	the least food					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 2

Online puppies never need vaccines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 puppies	amod
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 need	advmod
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present	Online puppies	vaccines					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vaccine=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cheap puppies may come from puppy farms and be ill or scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 puppies	amod
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 farms	case
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 farms	compound
7	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ill	cc
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 ill	cop
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 come	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 scared	cc
12	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	come	may	Cheap puppies	puppy farms		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from farm=Initial_Location
2	is	infinitive	Cheap puppies not said here		ill property	tree rules
3	be		Cheap puppies not said here			tree rules

Option 4

Price shows how clever a puppy is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 clever	advmod
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shows	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 puppy	det
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clever	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clever	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Price						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a puppy					clever property	tree rules

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