Test 16 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely
can i pat ur dog?? (owner says no)
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, owner · What happens: pat, say · To what, where: dog · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: can i pat ur dog??
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pat | aux |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 pat | nsubj |
| 3 | pat | pat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dog | nmod:poss |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pat | obj |
| 6 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 3 pat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pat | can | i | ur's dog | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer |
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: (owner says no)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 2 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 says | discourse |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | owner | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Ask the dog instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | 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 Ask | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the dog | instead property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient |
Option 2
Pat it when the owner looks away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat | Pat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pat | appos |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 looks | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 owner | det |
| 5 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looks | nsubj |
| 6 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 looks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look away | present | Pat | away property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Pat it quickly anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat | Pat | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pat | appos |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Pat | advmod |
| 4 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 Pat | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave the dog alone, the owner knows best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | 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 Leave | obj |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 knows | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 owner | det |
| 7 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 knows | nsubj |
| 8 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the dog | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | |||
| 2 | know | present | the owner | best | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus |
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