Test 17 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

my aunty said a girl hugged a dog at the park and it bit her face and she needed loads of stitches

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunty, girl · What happens: say, hug, bite, need · To what, where: dog, park, face, loads · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 aunty	nmod:poss
2	aunty	aunty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hugged	nsubj
6	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hugged	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 park	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hugged	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bit	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bit	nsubj
14	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hugged	conj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 face	nmod:poss
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bit	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 needed	cc
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 needed	nsubj
19	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hugged	conj
20	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 needed	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 stitches	case
22	stitches	stitch	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 loads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my aunty			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hug	past	a girl	a dog	the park	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Co-Agent
3	bite	past	aunty	girl's face		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
4	need	past	girl	loads of stitches		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot load=Theme

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

It means dogs are fine to hug if they are small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fine	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hug	mark
7	hug	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fine	csubj
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 small	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 small	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 small	cop
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hug	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	dogs	fine property	tree rules
3	hug	to-infinitive			vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a condition, not said to happen	present	dogs = dog	small property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It proves only girls get bitten by dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 girls	advmod
4	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bitten	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bitten	aux:pass
6	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proves	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 dogs	case
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bitten	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	bite	present · passive	dogs	girls					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

Real lesson: all park dogs bite on sight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 bite	punct
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 dogs	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dogs	compound
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bite	nsubj
7	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 sight	case
9	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	Real lesson			sight			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on sight=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: many dogs hate hugs, so ask the owner and never hug a dog you do not know

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 hate	punct
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dogs	amod
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hate	nsubj
6	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
7	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hate	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ask	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 ask	advmod
10	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hate	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 owner	det
12	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ask	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hug	cc
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 hug	advmod
15	hug	hug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ask	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 dog	det
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hug	obj
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 know	nsubj
19	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 know	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 know	advmod
21	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 dog	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hate	present	many dogs	hugs	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hug=Stimulus
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	many dogs not said here	the owner	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient
3	not hug	infinitive	many dogs not said here	a dog	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Co-Agent
4	not know	present · do-support	you	a dog not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus

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