Test 8 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

«vet said put the dog to sleep, that's cruel» What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vet, that, best reply · What happens: say, put, sleep, be · To what, where: dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	_	3 said	punct
2	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sleep	mark
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 put	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cruel	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 cruel	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cruel	cop
12	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 cruel	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 said	ccomp
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 What	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 reply	det
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 reply	amod
18	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 What	nsubj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	vet			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	put in a quote	infinitive		the dog		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent dog=Goal
3	sleep in a quote	to-infinitive				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	that		cruel property	tree rules
5	is a	present	the best reply			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

Yes, vets do it just to save time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	vets	vet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 save	aux
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 save	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 save	mark
8	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present · do-support					time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, the dog will wake up later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 wake	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wake	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wake	aux
6	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 wake	compound:prt
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 wake	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	future	the dog					late property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It only means the dog has a long, deep sleep for a week and then wakes up better

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 means	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 means	advmod
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sleep	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sleep	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 long	punct
10	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sleep	amod
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 week	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 week	det
14	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sleep	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wakes	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 wakes	advmod
17	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 wakes	compound:prt
19	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 wakes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	the dog	a long deep sleep	for a week		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient
3	wake up	present			then	well property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

When an illness cannot be fixed, ending the pain gently is a kind, loving choice

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	7 fixed	mark
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 illness	det
3	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fixed	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fixed	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 fixed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 fixed	aux:pass
7	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ending	punct
9	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 choice	csubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pain	det
11	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ending	obj
12	gently	gently	ADV	_	9 ending	advmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 choice	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 choice	det
15	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 choice	amod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
17	loving	loving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 choice	amod
18	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fixed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not fix	can · passive		a illness		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
2	end	gerund		the pain	gently property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality pain=Eventuality
3	is a	present	ending	a kind loving choice		tree rules

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