Test 18 · Reading a dog's body language

my mate says if a dog yawns it's just bored and u can cuddle it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, dog, u · What happens: say, yawn, be, cuddle · To what, where: dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 yawns	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yawns	nsubj
7	yawns	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bored	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 bored	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 bored	advmod
11	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 yawns	ccomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cuddle	cc
13	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 cuddle	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 cuddle	aux
15	cuddle	cuddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cuddle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	yawn a condition, not said to happen	present	a dog			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	dog		bored property	tree rules
4	cuddle	can	u	dog		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not quite; a yawn when not tired can mean the dog is worried, so give it space

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 yawn	advmod
2	quite	quite	ADV	_	5 yawn	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 quite	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 yawn	det
5	yawn	yawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mean	nsubj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 tired	advmod
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 tired	advmod
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 yawn	amod
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 mean	aux
10	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worried	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 worried	cop
14	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mean	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 give	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 give	advmod
17	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 mean	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 give	obj
19	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can	a yawn			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the dog		worried property	tree rules
3	give	infinitive	a yawn not said here	dog		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient space=Theme

Option 2

He is right, a yawning dog wants a cuddle

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 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wants	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	yawning	yawning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dog	compound
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	nsubj
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cuddle	det
10	cuddle	cuddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	want	present	a yawning dog	a cuddle					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cuddle=Theme

Option 3

He is right, yawning dogs are always sleepy

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 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dogs	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 yawning	punct
5	yawning	yawn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 dogs	amod
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sleepy	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sleepy	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 sleepy	advmod
9	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	yawn	gerund			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	right yawning dogs	always, sleepy property	tree rules

Option 4

He is right, yawning means it is about to play and wants you to join in the game

The tree, 18 words

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 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 yawning	punct
5	yawning	yawn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 about	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 about	cop
9	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 play	mark
11	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 about	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wants	cc
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 wants	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 join	mark
16	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wants	xcomp
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 game	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 game	det
19	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	yawn	gerund				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	it		about property	tree rules
5	play	to-infinitive				vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	want	present		you		tree rules
7	join not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		in the game	vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in game=Theme

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