Test 2 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

A big dog with no owner trots towards Mia in a park in Dublin. Which plan is safest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big dog, plan · What happens: trot, be · To what, where: park

This is test 2 · ★ 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: A big dog with no owner trots towards Mia in a park in Dublin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trots	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 owner	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 owner	det
6	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	nmod
7	trots	trot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 Mia	case
9	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 trots	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 park	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 park	det
12	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trots	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Dublin	case
14	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 park	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 trots	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trot	present	a big dog with no owner			a park in Dublin		towards Mia	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards mia=Destination

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: Which plan is safest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safest	cop
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 safest	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shout and throw her shoe at the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 throw	cc
3	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shoe	nmod:poss
5	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throw	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw	infinitive	you not said here	her shoe				at the dog	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme at dog=Destination

Option 2

Stare hard at the dog to show it who is the boss here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Stare	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 dog	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stare	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stare	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 show	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 boss	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 boss	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boss	det
12	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	ccomp
13	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 boss	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stare	imperative	you not said here			at the dog; hard property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dog=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here	dog			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
3	is a	present		the boss	here		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stand still, arms in, look at her feet and wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 arms	punct
4	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stand	conj
5	in	in	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct
7	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 feet	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feet	nmod:poss
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 look	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wait	cc
12	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look	infinitive	you not said here		at her feet	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at foot=Theme
3	wait	infinitive	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Run to the swings as fast as she can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 swings	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 swings	det
4	swings	swing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Run	obl
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 can	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 can	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the swings		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to swing=Destination

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