Test 3 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

Which of these is the safest way to stroke a friendly dog after the owner says yes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: owner · What happens: be, stroke, say · To what, where: friendly dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 way	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 way	case
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 way	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stroke	mark
9	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
11	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stroke	obj
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 says	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 owner	det
15	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	nsubj
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stroke	advcl
17	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	16 says	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			of the safest way	tree rules
2	stroke	to-infinitive		a friendly dog		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert	present	the owner			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

With your face pressed close to its face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 face	case
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 face	nmod:poss
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 face	acl
5	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 pressed	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	participle		your face not said here				to face's face; close property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By pulling its ears to make it play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pulling	mark
2	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ears	nmod:poss
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulling	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pulling	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	pull	gerund	its ears	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive	it	tree rules
3	play	infinitive		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Quickly on top of its head from above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 top	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 top	case
3	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 top	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 above	case
8	above	above	ADV	_	3 top	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Gently on its chest after it has sniffed you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gently	gently	ADV	_	8 sniffed	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 chest	case
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 chest	nmod:poss
4	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gently	obl
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 sniffed	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sniffed	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sniffed	aux
8	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 sniffed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff	present · perfect · passive		chest				gently property	tree rules

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