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Test 6 · ★ · Kindness to animals

A new puppy hides under the bed on its first day. What helps it feel safe?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: new puppy, puppy · What happens: hide, help, feel · To what, where: bed, puppy

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A new puppy hides under the bed on its first day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 puppy	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 puppy	amod
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hides	nsubj
4	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bed	det
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hides	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 day	nmod:poss
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hides	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	a new puppy			the bed	day		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location

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 it feel safe?

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present		puppy					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	feel	infinitive	puppy not said here					safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Shine a torch in its eyes so it sees you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shine	shine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 torch	det
3	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shine	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Shine	obl
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 sees	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sees	nsubj
9	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shine	advcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	imperative	you not said here	a torch		torch's eyes			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent torch=Theme
2	see	present	torch	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2

Pull it out gently by its back legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pull	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Pull	compound:prt
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 legs	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 legs	nmod:poss
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 legs	compound
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	imperative	you not said here	it				by its back legs; gently property	tree rules

Option 3

Bang on the floor to call it out to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 floor	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 floor	det
4	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bang	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 call	mark
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 call	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	6 call	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	to-infinitive	Bang on the floor	floor	you				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to you=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sit nearby quietly and talk softly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 talk	cc
5	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
6	softly	softly	ADV	_	5 talk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here					nearby, quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	talk	infinitive	you not said here					softly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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