Test 10 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

Why are short lessons better than long ones for a puppy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: short lessons

This is test 10 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lessons	cop
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lessons	amod
4	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 better	obl:unmarked
5	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Why	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 ones	case
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 better	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 puppy	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 puppy	det
11	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ones	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		short lessons					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 right answer

Puppies forget quickly when they are tired or bored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 forget	nsubj
2	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 forget	advmod
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 tired	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tired	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tired	cop
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 forget	advcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 bored	cc
9	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tired	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	forget	present	Puppies	quickly property	tree rules
2	is	present	Puppies = puppy	tired property	tree rules
3	be		Puppies = puppy not said here		tree rules

Option 2

Long lessons make puppies grow too fast and hurt their legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lessons	amod
2	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 grow	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurt	cc
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 make	conj
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 legs	nmod:poss
11	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	Long lessons	puppies		tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	puppies not said here		fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hurt	past	Long lessons not said here	lessons's legs		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient

Option 3

Puppies only learn at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 learn	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 learn	advmod
3	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present	Puppies				night		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Puppies hate treats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	Puppies	treats					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treat=Stimulus

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