Test 7 · Reading a dog's body language

What can a dog do to show it is worried, apart from growling?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: show, be, growl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 show	aux
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 worried	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 worried	cop
10	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 show	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 growling	punct
12	apart	apart	ADV	_	14 growling	advmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 growling	case
14	growling	growl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 show	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive · do-support			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	dog	worried property	tree rules
3	growl	gerund		apart property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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

Wag its whole body and bounce about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wag	wag	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 body	amod
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wag	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bounce	cc
6	bounce	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wag	conj
7	about	about	ADV	_	6 bounce	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	imperative	you not said here	its whole body					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient
2	bounce	present	you not said here					about property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Lie on its back with a soft, relaxed and very happy face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 back	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 back	nmod:poss
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lie	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	13 face	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 face	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 face	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 relaxed	punct
9	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 soft	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 happy	cc
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 happy	advmod
12	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 soft	conj
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	imperative	you not said here			its back		with a soft face	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location

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

Lick its lips, yawn or show the whites of its eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lick	lick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 lips	nmod:poss
3	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lick	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 yawn	punct
5	yawn	yawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lips	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 show	cc
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Lick	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 whites	det
9	whites	white	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 show	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 eyes	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 eyes	nmod:poss
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 whites	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	imperative	you not said here	its lips and yawn					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source
2	show	infinitive	you not said here	the whites of yawn's eyes					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent white=Recipient

Option 4

Run up with a loose, open mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Run	compound:prt
3	with	with	ADP	_	8 mouth	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mouth	det
5	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mouth	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 loose	punct
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mouth	amod
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run up	imperative	you not said here					with a loose open mouth	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with mouth=Material

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