Test 14 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

dog bit my hand a bit, skin is broken, it's fine tho

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, skin · What happens: bite, break, be · To what, where: hand, skin, fine tho

This is test 14 · ★ 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	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 broken	punct
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broken	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 broken	aux:pass
10	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bit	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tho	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tho	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 tho	cop
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tho	amod
15	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bite	past	dog	my hand	a bit obl:unmarked	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	break	present · passive		skin		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	is a	present	skin	fine tho		tree rules

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

Wait and see if it swells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 swells	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 swells	nsubj
6	swells	swell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	swell a condition, not said to happen	present	it	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wash it and tell an adult, you may need a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wash	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wash	conj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 need	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 need	aux
10	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wash	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 doctor	det
12	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	it		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	need	may	you	a doctor		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme

Option 3

Lick it clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lick	lick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lick	obj
3	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Lick	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	imperative	you not said here	it				clean property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Put a plaster on it and forget all about it, it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plaster	det
3	plaster	plaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forget	cc
7	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	conj
8	all	all	ADV	_	7 forget	advmod
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forget	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fine	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fine	expl
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fine	cop
14	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Put	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a plaster	plaster		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent plaster=Theme on it=Destination
2	forget	infinitive	you not said here			about plaster; all property	tree rules
3	is	present	you not said here			fine property	tree rules

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