Test 1 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility
A boy in Ohio finds his dog licking an open bottle of pills. What is the right first step?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, dog, right first step · What happens: find, lick, be · To what, where: dog, open bottle
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» of the everyday 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: A boy in Ohio finds his dog licking an open bottle of pills.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ohio | case |
| 4 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | obj |
| 8 | licking | lick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 finds | xcomp |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bottle | det |
| 10 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bottle | amod |
| 11 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 licking | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 pills | case |
| 13 | pills | pill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 bottle | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a boy in Ohio | boy's dog | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent dog=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lick | gerund | boy's dog not said here | a open bottle of pills | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bottle=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 is the right first step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 step | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right first step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Tell an adult at once, as the vet may be needed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Tell | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 needed | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 needed | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 vet | det |
| 9 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 needed | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 needed | aux:pass |
| 12 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | need | may · passive | the vet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Give the dog milk to wash the pills down more quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 milk | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 milk | compound |
| 4 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 wash | mark |
| 6 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Give | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pills | det |
| 8 | pills | pill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wash | obj |
| 9 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 wash | advmod |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 wash | advmod |
| 11 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 6 wash | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the dog milk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wash down | to-infinitive | you not said here | the pills | down, quickly property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Put the bottle away somewhere and forget all about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bottle | det |
| 3 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 5 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Put | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 forget | cc |
| 7 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 forget | advmod |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 forget | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put away | imperative | you not said here | the bottle | away, somewhere property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent bottle=Goal | |||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | you not said here | about bottle; all property | tree rules |
Option 4
Wait until tomorrow morning to see how the dog is feeling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | ADP | _ | 4 morning | case |
| 3 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 morning | compound |
| 4 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 feeling | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dog | det |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feeling | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 feeling | aux |
| 11 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | morning | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | feel | present · progressive | the dog | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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