Test 5 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

«dog's gone deaf, gonna sneak up and grab him for a laugh» Why not?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: be, sneak up, grab · To what, where: dog

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 deaf	punct
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deaf	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 deaf	cop
4	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deaf	amod
5	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sneak	punct
7	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	8 sneak	dep
8	sneak	sneak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 deaf	parataxis
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 sneak	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grab	cc
11	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 sneak	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grab	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 laugh	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 laugh	det
15	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grab	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 deaf	punct
17	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	18 not	advmod
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 deaf	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 deaf	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	dog		deaf property	tree rules
2	sneak up in a quote	infinitive				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	grab in a quote	infinitive		dog	for a laugh	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for laugh=Beneficiary

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

A deaf dog may get a fright and could snap; touch him gently where he can see

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fright	det
7	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 snap	cc
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 snap	aux
10	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 touch	punct
12	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 touch	obj
14	gently	gently	ADV	_	12 touch	advmod
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 see	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 see	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 see	aux
18	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 touch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	may	a deaf dog	a fright		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fright=Stimulus
2	snap	could	a deaf dog not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	touch	infinitive	a deaf dog not said here	dog	gently property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
4	see	can	dog			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Deaf dogs love surprises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dogs	amod
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 love	nsubj
3	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	surprises	surprise	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Deaf dogs	surprises					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surprise=Stimulus

Option 3

Old dogs never mind being grabbed, because they cannot feel much any more, so it is fine

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dogs	amod
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mind	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 mind	advmod
4	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 grabbed	aux:pass
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mind	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 feel	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 feel	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 feel	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 feel	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 feel	advmod
12	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mind	advcl
13	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feel	obj
14	any	any	ADV	_	15 more	advmod
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 feel	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fine	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 fine	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fine	expl
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 fine	cop
20	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not mind	present	Old dogs			vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	grab	gerund · passive	Old dogs not said here			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»
3	not feel	can	dogs = dog	much		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme
4	is	present	Old dogs not said here		fine property	tree rules

Option 4

He will hear you anyway

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	3 hear	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	3 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	future	He	you				anyway property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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