Test 9 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

«the pup swallowed a sock but he looks fine lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pup · What happens: swallow, look, be · To what, where: sock

This is test 9 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	_	4 swallowed	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pup	det
3	pup	pup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swallowed	nsubj
4	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sock	det
6	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swallowed	obj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 looks	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 looks	nsubj
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 swallowed	conj
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 looks	xcomp
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	15 right	discourse
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 lol	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 looks	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 swallowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swallow in a quote	past	the pup	a sock		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Patient
2	look in a quote	present	pup		fine property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	is	present			right 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult and call the vet, because a sock can block the gut

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 call	cc
5	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vet	det
7	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 block	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 block	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sock	det
11	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 block	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 block	aux
13	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gut	det
15	gut	gut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 block	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	call	infinitive	you not said here	the vet		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vet=Recipient
3	block	can	a sock	the gut		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer gut=Theme

Option 2

Feed him another sock to push the first one through, then wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	iobj
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sock	det
4	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Feed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 push	mark
6	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Feed	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 push	obj
10	through	through	ADV	_	6 push	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wait	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 wait	advmod
13	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Feed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here	another sock	him = he			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sock=Theme
2	push	to-infinitive	you not said here	the first one			through property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	wait	infinitive	you not said here			then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Leave it, socks melt inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 melt	punct
4	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 melt	nsubj
5	melt	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 melt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	melt	present	socks					inside property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Give him water and forget it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 forget	cc
5	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	water	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme
2	forget	infinitive	you not said here	water					tree rules

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