Test 7 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely
The strange dog sniffs Ava and walks away. What should she do next?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: strange dog, dog · What happens: sniff, walk away, do · To what, where: Ava
This is test 7 · ★ 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: The strange dog sniffs Ava and walks away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 2 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dog | amod |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sniffs | nsubj |
| 4 | sniffs | sniff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sniffs | iobj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walks | cc |
| 7 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sniffs | conj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 walks | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sniffs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sniff | present | the strange dog | Ava | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ava=Theme | ||||
| 2 | walk away | present | the strange dog not said here | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: What should she do next?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | next | next | ADV | _ | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | dog | next property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Follow the dog to see where it lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Follow | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Follow | advcl |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 lives | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lives | nsubj |
| 8 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | imperative | you not said here | the dog | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | live | present | dog | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Run off quickly before it comes back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Run | compound:prt |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 comes | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 comes | nsubj |
| 6 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | advcl |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come back | present | it | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Call the dog back to pat it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Call | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Call | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pat | mark |
| 6 | pat | pat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Call | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call back speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the dog | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | pat | to-infinitive | you not said here | dog | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Move away slowly and tell an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Move | conj |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | imperative | you not said here | away, slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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