Test 16 · Reading a dog's body language

dog growled when i went near his food, whats that mean

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, i, whats · What happens: growl, go, mean · To what, where: food

This is test 16 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 growled	nsubj
2	growled	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 went	advmod
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 growled	ccomp
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 food	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 food	nmod:poss
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whats	punct
10	whats	what	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 food	conj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 mean	nsubj
12	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 whats	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	growl	past	dog		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past	i	dog's food and whats	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near food=Location
3	mean	present	whats		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

He wants you to share it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 share	mark
5	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	you					tree rules
2	share not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					tree rules

Option 2

He is saying hello

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	He	hello					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

Option 3

He is hungry and wants you to give him more food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wants	cc
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wants	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 give	mark
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	iobj
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 food	amod
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			hungry property	tree rules
2	want	present	He not said here	you			tree rules
3	give not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	more food	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme

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

Leave him alone, he is warning you to back off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 warning	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 warning	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 warning	aux
7	warning	warn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Leave	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 warning	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 back	mark
10	back	back	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 warning	xcomp
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 back	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	him = he		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	warn speech: warn	present · progressive	he		you		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	back off	to-infinitive	he not said here				vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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