Test 9 · Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fl…
The dog was given flea treatment but fleas keep coming back. What has been forgotten?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fleas · What happens: give, keep, come back, forget · To what, where: dog
This is test 9 of lesson 397 «Pests: mice in the kitchen, cockroaches, clothes moths, fleas and head lice» 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: The dog was given flea treatment but fleas keep coming back.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | flea | flea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 treatment | compound |
| 6 | treatment | treatment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 keep | cc |
| 8 | fleas | flea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 keep | nsubj |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 given | conj |
| 10 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 keep | xcomp |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 coming | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | the dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient treatment=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | fleas | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | come back | gerund | fleas not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 has been forgotten?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 forgotten | obj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgotten | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 4 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgotten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present · perfect · passive | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Giving the dog more food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Giving | obj |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 food | amod |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Giving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | more food | the dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient food=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Taking the dog for much longer walks in the fields, away from other dogs
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 walks | case |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 longer | advmod |
| 6 | longer | long | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 walks | amod |
| 7 | walks | walk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Taking | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 fields | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fields | det |
| 10 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 walks | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 away | punct |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Taking | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 dogs | case |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 dogs | amod |
| 15 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | the dog | for longer walks in the fields; away property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dog=Theme for walk=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Brushing the dog's teeth every night before bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brushing | brush | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dog | case |
| 5 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Brushing | obj |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 night | det |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Brushing | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 bed | case |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Brushing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush | gerund | the dog's teeth | bed | night | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme before bed=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Vacuuming carpets and washing the pet bed, where eggs and young live
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vacuuming | vacuum | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 live | csubj |
| 2 | carpets | carpet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Vacuuming | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 washing | cc |
| 4 | washing | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Vacuuming | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bed | det |
| 6 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bed | compound |
| 7 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 washing | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 live | punct |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 live | advmod |
| 10 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 live | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 young | cc |
| 12 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 eggs | conj |
| 13 | live | live | 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 | vacuum | gerund | carpets | vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent carpet=Initial_Location | |||||
| 2 | wash | gerund | the pet bed | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Patient | |||||
| 3 | live | present | eggs | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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