Test 10 · Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a…

In a cartoon a dog bites a cartoon boy and he just rubs his leg and laughs. What is right in real life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: bite, rub, laugh, be · To what, where: cartoon boy, cartoon, leg, real life

This is test 10 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a dog bites a cartoon boy and he just rubs his leg and laughs.

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	6 bites	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bites	nsubj
6	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boy	det
8	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boy	compound
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bites	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rubs	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rubs	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 rubs	advmod
13	rubs	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bites	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 leg	nmod:poss
15	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rubs	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 laughs	cc
17	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rubs	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bites	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bite	present	a dog	a cartoon boy	a cartoon	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boy=Patient in cartoon=Location
2	rub	present	dog	dog's leg		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
3	laugh	present	dog not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 is right in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				real life		right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only cat bites can get infected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 bites	advmod
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bites	compound
3	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	infected	infected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	can	cat bites					infected property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A real dog bite makes deep holes that can get infected and needs a doctor

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bite	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bite	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bite	compound
4	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 holes	amod
7	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 makes	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 get	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 get	aux
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 holes	acl:relcl
11	infected	infected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 get	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 needs	cc
13	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 makes	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 doctor	det
15	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	a real dog bite	deep holes		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product
2	get	can	deep holes		infected property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	need	present	a real dog bite not said here	a doctor		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme

Option 3

Dog bites never break the skin, so there is nothing to worry about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bites	compound
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 break	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 break	advmod
4	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 skin	det
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 is	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 is	advmod
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 is	expl
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 break	advcl
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 is	nsubj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 worry	mark
13	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nothing	acl
14	about	about	ADP	_	13 worry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not break	infinitive	Dog bites	the skin		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Patient
2	be	present	nothing		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	worry	to-infinitive	nothing not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

A laugh cleans the wound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 laugh	det
2	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleans	nsubj
3	cleans	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wound	det
5	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleans	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	present	a laugh	the wound					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient

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