Test 18 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

kid in my class reckons if a dog chases u, run as fast as u can, dogs can't catch kids

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, dog, dogs · What happens: reckon, chase, run, not catch · To what, where: u, kids

This is test 18 · ★ 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reckons	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 class	nmod:poss
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
5	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 chases	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chases	nsubj
9	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reckons	advcl
10	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 chases	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 run	punct
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 chases	conj
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 fast	advmod
14	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 run	advmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 can	mark
16	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 can	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 fast	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 catch	punct
19	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 catch	nsubj
20	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 catch	aux
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 catch	advmod
22	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reckons	advcl
23	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	kid in my class			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	chase a condition, not said to happen	present	a dog	u		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	run	infinitive	a dog not said here		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not catch	can	dogs	kids		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=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

He is right, if you scream while running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 scream	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 scream	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 scream	nsubj
7	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 running	mark
9	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 scream	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	scream speech: express a condition, not said to happen	present	you		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run	gerund	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He is right, dogs give up after a few steps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 give	compound:prt
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 steps	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 steps	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 steps	amod
11	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	give up	present	dogs				after a few steps		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; running can make a dog chase you, so stand still like a tree

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 running	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	punct
3	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 chase	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stand	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 stand	advmod
12	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 make	parataxis
13	still	still	ADV	_	12 stand	advmod
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 tree	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tree	det
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	can		a dog			tree rules
3	chase	infinitive	a dog not said here	you			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
4	stand	infinitive			still	like a tree	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is right, children are faster than dogs over a short distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 children	punct
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 faster	cop
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 children	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 dogs	case
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 faster	obl
10	over	over	ADP	_	13 distance	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 distance	det
12	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 distance	amod
13	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 faster	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					children obl; right property	tree rules
2	is	present						than dogs; over a short distance; fast property	tree rules

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