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Test 5 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland. What protects him best?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: jumping dog · What happens: knock over, jump, protect · To what, where: Leo

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 knocked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 knocked	aux:pass
3	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	3 knocked	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 dog	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
7	jumping	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 dog	amod
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knocked	obl:agent
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Auckland	case
10	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dog	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock over	present · passive	a jumping dog in Auckland	Leo					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	jump	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What protects him best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 protects	nsubj
2	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 protects	obj
4	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 protects	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 protects	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present			Leo			well property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1

Pushing the dog's face away hard with both his hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 face	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 dog	case
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pushing	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Pushing	advmod
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Pushing	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 hands	case
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 hands	det:predet
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hands	nmod:poss
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pushing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	gerund		the dog's face				with dog's hands; away, hard property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme

Option 2

Rolling around and shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	around	around	ADV	_	1 Rolling	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 shouting	cc
4	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Rolling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll around	gerund						around property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Curling into a ball and covering his head and neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Curling	curl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 ball	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ball	det
4	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Curling	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 covering	cc
6	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Curling	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covering	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 neck	cc
10	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curl	gerund				a ball			vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination
2	cover	gerund		his head and neck					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination

Option 4

Lying on his back with his arms out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 back	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 back	nmod:poss
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 arms	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arms	nmod:poss
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lying	obl
8	out	out	ADV	_	1 Lying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund				his back		with his arms; out property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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