Test 11 · Reading a dog's body language

dog went all stiff n froze when i got near

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, stiff n, i · What happens: go, freeze, get

This is test 11 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	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 n	det
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 n	amod
5	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 froze	nsubj
6	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	ccomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 got	advmod
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 froze	advcl
10	near	near	ADV	_	9 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	past	dog		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	freeze	past	all stiff n		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	get	past	i	near property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Run off quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Run	compound:prt
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	imperative	you not said here					quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Hug it, it is scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hug	hug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hug	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Hug	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hug	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	imperative	you not said here	it					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent
2	is	present	it					scared property	tree rules

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

Back away, a bite may come next

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADV	_	2 away	advmod
2	away	away	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bite	det
5	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	next	next	ADV	_	7 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	may	a bite					away, next property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Pat it gently to calm it down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pat	pat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pat	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Pat	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 calm	mark
5	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pat	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calm	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	5 calm	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pat	imperative	you not said here	it				gently property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	calm down	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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