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Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: tricky comprehension

Jake reads "Dogs must be carried on the escalator" and panics: "But I haven't got a dog!" What did he get wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, I · What happens: read, carry, not get, get · To what, where: Dogs, escalator, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Olympiad: tricky comprehension» 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

Sentence 1: Jake reads "Dogs must be carried on the escalator" and panics: "But I haven't got a dog!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reads	nsubj
2	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 carried	punct
4	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carried	nsubj:pass
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 carried	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 carried	aux:pass
7	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reads	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 escalator	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 escalator	det
10	escalator	escalator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 escalator	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 panics	cc
13	panics	panic	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 escalator	conj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 got	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 got	punct
16	But	but	CCONJ	_	20 got	cc
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 got	nsubj
18	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 got	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 got	advmod
20	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 reads	ccomp
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 dog	det
22	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 got	obj
23	!	!	PUNCT	_	20 got	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	Jake						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	carry in a quote	must · passive		Dogs		the escalator and panics			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	not get in a quote	present · perfect	I	a dog					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus

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 did he get wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 get	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Jake					wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The sign really says dogs are banned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 banned	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 banned	aux:pass
7	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the sign						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ban	present · passive		dogs					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The sign was about cats, not dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cats	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cats	cop
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 cats	case
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dogs	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 dogs	advmod
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cats	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the sign					about cats and dogs	tree rules

Option 3

Nothing; he must go and find a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	parataxis
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 find	cc
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	must	he						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	infinitive	he not said here	a dog					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The sign is only for people with dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 people	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 people	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 dogs	case
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sign					for people; with dogs	tree rules

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