Test 11 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

«what's a dewclaw even for» What is true about it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dewclaw · What happens: be · To what, where: dewclaw

This is test 11 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 dewclaw	punct
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 dewclaw	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dewclaw	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dewclaw	det
5	dewclaw	dewclaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 true	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	8 »	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 »	case
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 dewclaw	punct
9	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 true	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 true	cop
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 true	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		a dewclaw					tree rules
2	is	present	a dewclaw					about it; true 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

It is a tooth that grows on the paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tooth	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tooth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tooth	det
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 grows	nsubj
6	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tooth	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 paw	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 paw	det
9	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a tooth					tree rules
2	grow	present	a tooth			the paw			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on paw=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a thumb-like toe high on the front leg that does not touch the ground

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 toe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 toe	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toe	det
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 like	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 thumb	punct
6	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 toe	amod
7	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 toe	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 leg	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 leg	det
11	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 leg	amod
12	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toe	nmod
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 touch	obj
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 touch	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 touch	advmod
16	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 toe	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ground	det
18	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a like toe		the front leg		high property	tree rules
2	not touch	present · do-support		that					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer ground=Result

Option 3

It is a claw on the dog's tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 claw	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 claw	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 claw	det
4	claw	claw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 tail	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tail	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 dog	case
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claw	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a claw		the dog's tail			tree rules

Option 4

It is a toe that only puppies have, and it drops off when they are a year old

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 toe	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 toe	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 toe	det
4	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 have	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 puppies	advmod
7	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 toe	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drops	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drops	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 drops	nsubj
12	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 toe	conj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 drops	compound:prt
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 old	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 old	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 old	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 year	det
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 old	obl:unmarked
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 drops	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a toe			tree rules
2	have	present	puppies	a toe			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient
3	drop off	present	toe				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	puppies = puppy		year	old property	tree rules

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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