Test 4 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye
In a cartoon an old dog goes stiff, then the hero shouts and it jumps up young again. What really helps a stiff old dog?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: old dog, hero · What happens: go, shout, jump up, help · To what, where: cartoon, stiff old dog
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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 a cartoon an old dog goes stiff, then the hero shouts and it jumps up young again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | obl |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dog | amod |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | nsubj |
| 7 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | stiff | stiff | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 goes | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 shouts | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 shouts | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hero | det |
| 12 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shouts | nsubj |
| 13 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 goes | parataxis |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 jumps | cc |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 jumps | nsubj |
| 16 | jumps | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 shouts | conj |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 jumps | compound:prt |
| 18 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 jumps | xcomp |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 18 young | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | a old dog | a cartoon | stiff property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location | |||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | the hero | then | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | jump up | present | hero | young property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What really helps a stiff old dog?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 helps | obj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 helps | advmod |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 5 | stiff | stiff | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dog | amod |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dog | amod |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | a stiff old dog | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing can help an old dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dog | amod |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | can | Nothing | a old dog | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Gentle walks, soft beds, ramps and medicine from the vet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 walks | amod |
| 2 | walks | walk | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 beds | punct |
| 4 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 beds | amod |
| 5 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 walks | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ramps | punct |
| 7 | ramps | ramp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 walks | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 medicine | cc |
| 9 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walks | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 vet | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 vet | det |
| 12 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walks | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Shouting at it loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shouting | obl |
| 4 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 1 Shouting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | gerund | it | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Running it hard every day so its legs get strong again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Running | obj |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Running | advmod |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Running | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 legs | nmod:poss |
| 8 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 get | nsubj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Running | advcl |
| 10 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 get | xcomp |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | it | day | hard property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | get | present | its legs | again | strong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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