Test 6 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility
Which is the kindest and lawful way when a family truly cannot keep its dog?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: be, not keep · To what, where: kindest lawful way, dog
This is test 6 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 4 | kindest | kind | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 way | amod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 way | cc |
| 6 | lawful | lawful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 way | amod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 keep | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 family | det |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 keep | nsubj |
| 11 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 14 keep | advmod |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 keep | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 keep | advmod |
| 14 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 way | acl:relcl |
| 15 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 dog | nmod:poss |
| 16 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 keep | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kindest lawful way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not keep | can | a family | family's dog | truly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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.
The options
Option 1
Let it loose in a different town far from home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | loose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 town | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 town | det |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 town | amod |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loose | obl |
| 8 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 loose | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 far | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | infinitive | a different town | far property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in town=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Find it a new home through a shelter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Find | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 home | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 home | amod |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obj |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 shelter | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shelter | det |
| 8 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | it | a shelter | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme home=Attribute |
Option 3
Drive it to the woods and leave it there to be free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drive | drive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Drive | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 woods | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 woods | det |
| 5 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Drive | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 leave | cc |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Drive | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 leave | obj |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 leave | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 free | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 free | cop |
| 12 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 leave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | imperative | you not said here | it | the woods | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme to wood=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | it | there | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | you not said here | free property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tie it outside a shop and walk away so someone finds it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tie | tie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tie | obj |
| 3 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tie | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walk | cc |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tie | conj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 walk | advmod |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 finds | advmod |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 finds | nsubj |
| 11 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 walk | advcl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 finds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | imperative | you not said here | it | outside a shop | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | walk away | infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | find | present | someone | shop | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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