Test 20 · ★ · Kindness to animals

nan says the vet and the lady from the animal shelter "are an item now". what does that mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, vet, that · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: item · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vet	det
4	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 item	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lady	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lady	det
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vet	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 shelter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shelter	det
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shelter	compound
11	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lady	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 shelter	punct
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 item	cop
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 item	det
15	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 item	advmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 item	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 mean	obj
20	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 mean	aux
21	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 mean	nsubj
22	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	the vet and the lady from the animal shelter	a item	now	tree rules
3	mean	present · do-support	that			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

They had a fight over a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fight	det
4	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	They	a fight				over a dog	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient

Option 2

They are the same person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 person	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the same person					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are a couple, going out together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 couple	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 couple	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 couple	det
4	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 going	punct
6	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 couple	acl
7	out	out	ADV	_	6 going	advmod
8	together	together	ADV	_	6 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	a couple					tree rules
2	go out	gerund	a couple not said here					out, together property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They are selling things together in a shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 selling	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 selling	aux
3	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 selling	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	3 selling	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 shop	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shop	det
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 selling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present · progressive	They	things		a shop		together property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

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