Test 4 · A puppy at home: the first weeks
In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park. A real new puppy before its vaccines should be…
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bulldog, real new puppy · What happens: walk, be · To what, where: puppy, Tom
This is test 4 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
Sentence 1: In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Tom | case |
| 2 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 walks | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jerry | cc |
| 4 | Jerry | Jerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tom | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bulldog | det |
| 6 | bulldog | bulldog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walks | nsubj |
| 7 | Spike | Spike | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bulldog | appos |
| 8 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 puppy | nmod:poss |
| 10 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walks | obj |
| 11 | Tyke | Tyke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 puppy | appos |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 park | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 park | det |
| 14 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walks | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 walks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | the bulldog | bulldog's puppy | Tom and Jerry | in the park | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme in tom=Trajectory |
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.
Sentence 2: A real new puppy before its vaccines should be…
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 puppy | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 puppy | amod |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 puppy | amod |
| 4 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 be | nsubj |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 vaccines | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 vaccines | nmod:poss |
| 7 | vaccines | vaccine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 puppy | nmod |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 be | aux |
| 9 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | … | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 be | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | should | a real new puppy before puppy's vaccines | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Left at home until it is two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 home | case |
| 3 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Left | obl |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 two | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 two | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 two | cop |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Left | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | participle | home | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | home | two | tree rules |
Option 2
Walked every day in the busiest dog park in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walked | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 park | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 park | det |
| 6 | busiest | busy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 park | amod |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 park | compound |
| 8 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walked | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 town | case |
| 10 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 park | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | the busiest dog park in town | day | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in park=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Carried in arms, not walked where other dogs go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 arms | case |
| 3 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Carried | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 walked | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 walked | advmod |
| 6 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Carried | conj |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 go | advmod |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dogs | amod |
| 9 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 go | nsubj |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 walked | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | participle | arms | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in arm=Location | |||||
| 2 | not walk | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | go | present | other dogs | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Taken swimming with other dogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 swimming | amod |
| 2 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 dogs | case |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dogs | amod |
| 5 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 swimming | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | participle | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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