Test 13 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

dog's eating, can i give him a cuddle

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: eating, dog · What happens: give, eat · To what, where: cuddle, dog

This is test 13 · ★ 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	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eating	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 dog	case
3	eating	eating	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 eating	punct
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cuddle	det
10	cuddle	cuddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	can	dog's eating	a cuddle	dog				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cuddle=Theme
2	eat		dog						nom eating «act intransitive»: poss=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

Yes, take the bowl first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bowl	det
5	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the bowl				first property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme

Option 2

Yes, he will like it, dogs love cuddles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 like	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 like	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 like	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 love	punct
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 love	nsubj
9	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 like	conj
10	cuddles	cuddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	future	he	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	love	present	dogs	cuddles					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cuddle=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if you're quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 quick	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 quick	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					quick property	tree rules

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

No, leave a dog alone while it eats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 leave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	obj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 leave	advmod
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 eats	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 eats	nsubj
9	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	a dog				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	eat	present	dog						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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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