Test 5 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility

A new baby comes home, and the family dog seems nervous. What helps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new baby, family dog · What happens: come, seem, help

This is test 5 · ★ 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 new baby comes home, and the family dog seems nervous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 baby	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 baby	amod
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 comes	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 seems	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 seems	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dog	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dog	compound
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seems	nsubj
11	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 comes	conj
12	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seems	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	a new baby					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seem	present	the family dog					nervous property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: 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 helps?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Leave the dog alone with the baby so it gets used to it faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 baby	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 baby	det
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 gets	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gets	nsubj
10	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 gets	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 used	obl
14	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	the dog	with the baby; alone property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient with baby=Theme
2	get	present	dog		fast property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	use	participle	dog not said here	dog		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Send the dog away to live outside in the garden for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Send	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 live	mark
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Send	advcl
7	outside	outside	ADV	_	6 live	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 garden	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 garden	det
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 good	case
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	imperative	you not said here	the dog				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	live	to-infinitive	you not said here			the garden		for good; outside property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location

Option 3

Let the toddler next door play with the dog instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 toddler	det
3	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
4	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 play	amod
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 play	compound
6	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 play	nmod
10	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Let	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	next door play	the toddler			instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent toddler=Recipient play=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Introduce them slowly, always with an adult watching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Introduce	introduce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Introduce	obj
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Introduce	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 adult	punct
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 adult	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 adult	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Introduce	obl
9	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 adult	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	imperative	you not said here	them = they				with a adult; slowly property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with adult=Instrument
2	watch	gerund	a adult not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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