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Exam question 4 · Reading a dog's body language

It is given that a dog's hair stands erect along its back. Determine the most probable meaning thereof.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hair, you · What happens: give, stand, determine · To what, where: It, back, probable meaning

This is exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a dog's hair stands erect along its back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 stands	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hair	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 dog	case
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stands	nsubj
9	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
10	erect	erect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stands	xcomp
11	along	along	ADP	_	13 back	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 back	nmod:poss
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stands	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	stand	present	a dog's hair			hair's back		erect property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along back=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: Determine the most probable meaning thereof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 meaning	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 meaning	amod
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	1 Determine	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the probable meaning				thereof property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That the dog is entirely calm and contented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 dog	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calm	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 calm	cop
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 calm	advmod
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 contented	cc
8	contented	content	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 calm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that dog					calm, entirely property	tree rules
2	content	participle	that dog not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That the dog is upset, frightened or highly excited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 dog	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 upset	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 upset	cop
5	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 frightened	punct
7	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 upset	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 excited	cc
9	highly	highly	ADV	_	10 excited	advmod
10	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 upset	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that dog					upset property	tree rules
2	frighten	participle	that dog not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	be		that dog not said here					highly property	tree rules

Option 3

That the dog wishes to be fed immediately

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 dog	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wishes	nsubj
4	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 fed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 fed	aux:pass
7	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wishes	ccomp
8	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	7 fed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	that dog						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	feed not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive						immediately property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»

Option 4

That the dog is cold and requires a blanket at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 dog	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cold	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 requires	cc
7	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 blanket	det
9	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 requires	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that dog					cold property	tree rules
2	require	present	that dog not said here	a blanket					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme blanket=Precondition

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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