Test 8 · ★ · Debating and discussion

In a debate on "Pets should be allowed in school", which is a point AGAINST the motion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: school · What happens: allow, be · To what, where: debate, point

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 debate	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 debate	det
3	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 allowed	obl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 Pets	case
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Pets	punct
6	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 debate	nmod
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 allowed	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 allowed	aux:pass
9	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 allowed	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 school	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 point	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 point	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 point	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 point	det
17	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 school	appos
18	AGAINST	against	ADP	_	20 motion	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 motion	det
20	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 point	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 allowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow in a quote	should · passive				a debate on Pets		in school	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»
2	is a	present	school	a point				against the motion	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

Some children are allergic to fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allergic	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allergic	cop
4	allergic	allergic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 fur	case
6	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allergic	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	some children					to fur; allergic property	tree rules

Option 2

Pets teach children to be kind and gentle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 teach	nsubj
2	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 teach	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 kind	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kind	cop
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 teach	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gentle	cc
8	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	Pets	children		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
2	is	to-infinitive	Pets not said here		kind property	tree rules
3	be		Pets not said here			tree rules

Option 3

Pets help children feel calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	xcomp
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Pets	children					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	feel	infinitive	children not said here					calm property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Children really love pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 love	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 love	advmod
3	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Children	pets					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus

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