Test 9 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

What should happen after a dog bite that breaks the skin?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog bite · What happens: happen, break · To what, where: skin

This is test 9 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 bite	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bite	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bite	compound
7	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 breaks	nsubj
9	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bite	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breaks	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	should					after a dog bite		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break	present	a dog bite	the skin					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Patient

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

Cover it and tell nobody about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Cover	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cover	conj
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 tell	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	imperative	you not said here	it					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		nobody			about it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 2

Rub it with butter to soothe it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Rub	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 butter	case
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rub	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 soothe	mark
6	soothe	soothe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Rub	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 soothe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	imperative	you not said here	it				with butter	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with butter=Theme
2	soothe	to-infinitive	you not said here	butter					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wash it with soap and water and see a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wash	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 soap	case
4	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wash	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 water	cc
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soap	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 see	cc
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wash	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 doctor	det
10	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	it				with soap and water	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with soap=Instrument
2	see	infinitive	you not said here	a doctor					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, dog bites always heal by themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 dog	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bites	compound
4	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 heal	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 heal	advmod
6	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 themselves	case
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 heal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	dog bites					by bites = bite; always property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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