Test 1 · Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a…
«dog's wagging, so it's friendly, i'm gonna pet it» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, i · What happens: wag, be · To what, where: gonna pet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 371 «Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a strange animal» 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 wagging | punct |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wagging | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wagging | aux |
| 4 | wagging | wag | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 friendly | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 friendly | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 friendly | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 friendly | cop |
| 9 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wagging | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 pet | punct |
| 11 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 pet | nsubj |
| 12 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 pet | cop |
| 13 | gonna | gonna | X | _ | 14 pet | compound |
| 14 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 friendly | parataxis |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 pet | nsubj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 friendly | punct |
| 17 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 right | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 right | cop |
| 19 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 friendly | parataxis |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wagging | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wag in a quote | present · progressive | dog | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | dog | friendly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | i | gonna pet | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | 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
Yes, if you pet it very fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 pet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 pet | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pet | nsubj |
| 5 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pet | nsubj |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 fast | advmod |
| 8 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 pet | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes, a wagging dog never bites anyone, not even a stranger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 bites | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 4 | wagging | wag | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 dog | amod |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bites | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 bites | advmod |
| 7 | bites | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 bites | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 stranger | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 stranger | advmod |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 stranger | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 stranger | det |
| 13 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 anyone | appos |
| # | 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 | a wagging dog | anyone | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, but only with your left hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 hand | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 hand | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 hand | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 7 | left | left | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hand | amod |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A wag is not always friendly, and you never touch a strange dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wag | det |
| 2 | wag | wag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 friendly | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 friendly | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 friendly | advmod |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 friendly | advmod |
| 6 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 touch | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 touch | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 touch | nsubj |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 touch | advmod |
| 11 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 friendly | parataxis |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 dog | det |
| 13 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 dog | amod |
| 14 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 touch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | a wag | always, friendly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not touch | present | you | a strange dog | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dog=Co-Theme |
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