Test 7 · Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a…

«bro the dog bit me but it's tiny, i'll see if it gets better» Why is waiting a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, dog, i · What happens: bite, be, see, get, wait · To what, where: me, bad idea

This is test 7 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	_	5 bit	punct
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bro	conj
5	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tiny	advcl
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 bit	obj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 tiny	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tiny	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tiny	cop
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 see	nsubj
13	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tiny	parataxis
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 gets	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gets	nsubj
17	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 see	ccomp
18	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 gets	xcomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 gets	punct
20	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	22 waiting	advmod
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 waiting	aux
22	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 see	advcl
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 idea	det
24	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 idea	amod
25	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 waiting	obj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 tiny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bite in a quote	past	bro and the dog	me		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient
2	is in a quote	present	dog		tiny property	tree rules
3	see in a quote	future	i			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	get a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	dog		good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	wait	present · progressive	i not said here	a bad idea		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

If it carries rabies, vaccine works only if given quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 carries	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carries	nsubj
3	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 works	advcl
4	rabies	rabies	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carries	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 carries	punct
6	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	nsubj
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 given	advmod
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 given	mark
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 works	advcl
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	10 given	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry a condition, not said to happen	present	it	rabies		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabies=Theme
2	work	present	vaccine			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give a condition, not said to happen	participle	vaccine not said here		quickly property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Rabies only comes from big bites

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabies	rabies	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 comes	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 comes	advmod
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 bites	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bites	amod
6	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Rabies			big bites			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bite=Initial_Location

Option 3

Waiting makes the vaccine work better when you finally go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vaccine	det
4	vaccine	vaccine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 work	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 go	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present		the vaccine		tree rules
3	work	infinitive	the vaccine not said here		well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	go	present	you		finally property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Small bites always heal in an hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bites	amod
2	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heal	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 heal	advmod
4	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hour	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hour	det
7	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	Small bites				hour	always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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