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Test 8 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds

A girl wants to stroke a big dog on a lead. The owner says «Yes, but slowly». What should she do next?

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

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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: A girl wants to stroke a big dog on a lead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stroke	mark
5	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dog	amod
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stroke	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 lead	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lead	det
11	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stroke	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a girl						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stroke not said to happen	to-infinitive	a girl not said here	a big dog				on a lead	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer on lead=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: The owner says «Yes, but slowly».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owner	det
2	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 slowly	punct
5	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 slowly	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 slowly	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 slowly	cc
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 says	ccomp
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 slowly	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the owner						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: 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	owner					next property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Let the dog sniff her hand, then stroke its side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	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 Let	obj
4	sniff	sniff	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sniff	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stroke	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 stroke	advmod
9	stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	conj
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 side	nmod:poss
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the dog					tree rules
2	sniff	infinitive	the dog not said here	dog's hand					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
3	stroke	infinitive	you not said here	hand's side			then		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Experiencer

Option 2

Bend down and stare deep into its eyes so it trusts her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bend	bend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Bend	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stare	cc
4	stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Bend	conj
5	deep	deep	ADV	_	4 stare	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stare	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 trusts	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trusts	nsubj
11	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Bend	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trusts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend down	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stare	infinitive	you not said here					into its eyes; deep property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme
3	trust	present	it	her = she					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

Run up to it so it gets excited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Run	compound:prt
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Run	obl
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 gets	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Run	advcl
8	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run up	imperative	you not said here			it			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to it=Destination
2	get	present	it					excited property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Hug the dog's head straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hug	hug	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 head	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 dog	case
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hug	obj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Hug	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	imperative	you not said here	the dog's head				away property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Co-Agent

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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