Test 11 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

big dog running at me what do i do

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big dog, i · What happens: run, do

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» 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	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dog	amod
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dog	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 me	case
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 running	obl
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 do	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 running	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	big dog not said here					at me	tree rules
2	do	present · do-support	i						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Stare it in the eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stare	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eyes	det
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	imperative	you not said here	it		the eyes			tree rules

Option 2

Shout and wave your arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wave	cc
3	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arms	nmod:poss
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	infinitive	you not said here	your arms					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Run away as fast as you can, dogs are slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 can	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 can	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fast	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 slow	punct
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 slow	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 slow	cop
11	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Run	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	imperative	you not said here					away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	dogs					slow property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Be a tree, still, arms in, look down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 tree	cop
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tree	det
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 look	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 arms	punct
5	still	still	ADV	_	7 arms	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 still	punct
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tree	conj
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 arms	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tree	punct
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 look	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	infinitive	you not said here	a tree and arms					tree rules
2	look down	imperative	you not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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