Test 10 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

«there's a dog in the park, no owner, it's wagging, i'll just grab it» What is the risk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, i · What happens: be, wag, grab · To what, where: dog, risk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» 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 's	punct
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wagging	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 park	det
8	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 owner	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 owner	det
11	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 park	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wagging	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wagging	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wagging	aux
15	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 grab	punct
17	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 grab	nsubj
18	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 grab	aux
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 grab	advmod
20	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wagging	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 grab	obj
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 grab	punct
23	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 risk	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 risk	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 risk	det
26	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grab	parataxis
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 wagging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a dog in the park and no owner		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wag in a quote	present · progressive	dog			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	grab in a quote	future	i	dog		tree rules
4	is a	present		the risk		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

Even a friendly scared dog may bite if grabbed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	7 bite	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
3	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dog	amod
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dog	amod
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 bite	aux
7	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 grabbed	mark
9	grabbed	grab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bite	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	may	a friendly scared dog						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	grab a condition, not said to happen	participle	a friendly scared dog not said here						vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Wagging dogs never bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wagging	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dogs	amod
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bite	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 bite	advmod
4	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	gerund							vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not bite	present	Wagging dogs						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Touching a dog's collar breaks its chip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Touching	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 breaks	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 collar	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 dog	case
5	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Touching	obj
6	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 chip	nmod:poss
8	chip	chip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 breaks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	gerund		a dog's collar					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme collar=Co-Theme
2	break	present	Touching	collar's chip					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chip=Patient

Option 4

The dog will run home by itself in a second

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 run	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 itself	case
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 run	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 second	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 second	det
10	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	future	the dog				second	by dog; home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory

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