Test 10 · Reading a dog's body language

dog's wagging, so he's friendly yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: wag, be

This is test 10 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» 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	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wagging	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 dog	case
3	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 friendly	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 friendly	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 friendly	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 friendly	cop
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wagging	parataxis
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 friendly	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wagging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	gerund							vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	dog					friendly property	tree rules

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

Yes, unless it's barking its head off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 barking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 barking	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 barking	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 barking	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 barking	aux
6	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barking	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	6 barking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark off	present · progressive	it	its head					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 2

Yes, as long as the tail is held high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 held	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tail	det
7	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 held	aux:pass
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 long	advcl
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 held	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		the tail				high property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, wagging always means it's friendly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 wagging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	wagging	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	csubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 means	advmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 friendly	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 friendly	cop
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wag	gerund			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	wagging	always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	it	friendly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not always, look at the whole body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 always	advmod
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 look	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 always	punct
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 body	amod
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					at the whole body; always property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at body=Theme

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