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Test 4 · Reading a dog's body language

A boy in Leeds hears his grandma's dog growl when he pulls its toy. What is the best thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, dog, best thing · What happens: hear, growl, pull, be, do · To what, where: toy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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

Sentence 1: A boy in Leeds hears his grandma's dog growl when he pulls its toy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Leeds	case
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 grandma	nmod:poss
7	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dog	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 grandma	case
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 growl	nsubj
10	growl	growl	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hears	ccomp
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 pulls	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pulls	nsubj
13	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 growl	advcl
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 toy	nmod:poss
15	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pulls	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	a boy in Leeds						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	growl	infinitive	boy's grandma's dog						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pull	present	dog	its toy					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme

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: What is the best thing to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the best thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Shout at the dog to be quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 dog	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	7 quiet	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 quiet	cop
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					at the dog	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					quiet property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pull the toy harder so the dog knows you win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 toy	det
3	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obj
4	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Pull	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 knows	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pull	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 win	nsubj
10	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here	the toy				hard property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme
2	know	present	the dog						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	win	present	you						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Let go of the toy and move away calmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 toy	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 toy	det
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 move	cc
7	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 move	advmod
9	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	7 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	go	infinitive	you not said here					of the toy	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of toy=Initial_Location
3	move away	infinitive	you not said here					away, calmly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Hug the dog to say sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hug	hug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hug	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hug	advcl
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	imperative	you not said here	the dog					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Co-Agent
2	say speech: apologize	to-infinitive	you not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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