Test 5 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

Why should you never let a dog run free in a field of sheep in spring?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, dog · What happens: not let, run · To what, where: dog

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 let	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 let	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	obj
8	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 run	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 free	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 sheep	case
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 field	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 spring	case
16	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sheep	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	should	you	a dog					tree rules
2	run	infinitive	a dog not said here					free property	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.

The options

Option 1

Lambs are dangerous and may bite the dog quite badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dangerous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dangerous	cop
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bite	cc
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bite	aux
6	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dangerous	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bite	obj
9	quite	quite	ADV	_	10 badly	advmod
10	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 bite	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lambs					dangerous property	tree rules
2	bite	may	Lambs not said here	the dog				badly property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Option 2

Sheep often attack dogs in the spring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attack	nsubj
2	often	often	ADV	_	3 attack	advmod
3	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attack	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 spring	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spring	det
7	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	Sheep	dogs			spring	often property	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

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

Dogs can chase and hurt sheep, and mothers panic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chase	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 chase	aux
3	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hurt	cc
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 chase	conj
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 panic	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 panic	cc
9	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 panic	nsubj
10	panic	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chase	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	chase	can	Dogs		vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	hurt	infinitive	Dogs not said here	sheep	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sheep=Patient
3	panic	present	mothers		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The farmer only minds about dogs in the winter months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 minds	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 minds	advmod
4	minds	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 dogs	case
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 minds	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 months	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 months	det
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 months	compound
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 minds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mind	present	the farmer	dogs			month		vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

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