Test 6 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

«mum shouted at the pup for weeing on the rug, now he wees behind the sofa» Why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, he · What happens: shout, wee · To what, where: pup, rug, sofa

This is test 6 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	_	3 shouted	punct
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouted	nsubj
3	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 pup	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pup	det
6	pup	pup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouted	obl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 weeing	mark
8	weeing	wee	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shouted	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 rug	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rug	det
11	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 weeing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wees	punct
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 wees	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wees	nsubj
15	wees	wee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shouted	conj
16	behind	behind	ADP	_	18 sofa	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sofa	det
18	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wees	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 wees	punct
20	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 wees	advmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	shout speech: express in a quote	past	mum	the pup		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wee in a quote	gerund	mum not said here	the rug		tree rules
3	wee in a quote	present	he	the sofa	now	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

He cannot see the rug any more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rug	det
6	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	any	any	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	He	the rug					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rug=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Puppies always wee behind sofas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wee	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 wee	advmod
3	wee	wee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 sofas	case
5	sofas	sofa	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wee	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wee	present	Puppies			sofas		always property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Telling off taught him to hide to wee, not to stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 taught	csubj
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Telling	compound:prt
3	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taught	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hide	mark
6	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 taught	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 wee	case
8	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stop	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stop	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 stop	mark
12	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hide	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	gerund				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	teach speech: other	past	Telling	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	hide	to-infinitive	Telling not said here		to wee	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not stop	to-infinitive	Telling not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

He likes the sofa more now, because it smells of the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sofa	det
4	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 likes	obj
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 now	advmod
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 likes	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 smells	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 smells	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 smells	nsubj
10	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 likes	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 family	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 family	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	He	the sofa			now		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sofa=Theme
2	smell	present	sofa					of the family	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of family=Theme

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