Test 6 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ 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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

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

Every dog loves to be woken up for a pat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loves	nsubj
3	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 woken	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 woken	aux:pass
6	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 loves	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 woken	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pat	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pat	det
10	pat	pat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 woken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	every dog						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	wake up not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	every dog not said here					for a pat	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A dog that is asleep or eating is best left alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 asleep	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asleep	cop
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dog	acl:relcl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 eating	cc
7	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 asleep	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 left	aux:pass
9	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 left	advmod
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a dog		asleep property	tree rules
2	eat	gerund	a dog not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	leave	present · passive		a dog	alone, well property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is fine to pat a dog without asking if it looks friendly

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	3 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pat	mark
5	pat	pat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pat	obj
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 asking	mark
9	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 pat	advcl
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 looks	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 looks	nsubj
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 asking	ccomp
13	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	pat	to-infinitive		a dog		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer
3	ask speech: ask	gerund				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	look a condition, not said to happen	present	dog		friendly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Dogs never mind being hugged by strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mind	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 mind	advmod
3	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hugged	parataxis
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hugged	aux:pass
5	hugged	hug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 strangers	case
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hugged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mind	present	Dogs						vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	hug	gerund · passive	strangers						vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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