Test 12 · Caring for pets

hamster's asleep, wake him to play?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: wake, play · To what, where: hamster

This is test 12 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» 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	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asleep	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 hamster	case
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wake	punct
5	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	parataxis
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wake	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 play	mark
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wake	xcomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	infinitive		hamster					tree rules
2	play	to-infinitive							vn performance-26.7-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, tap the cage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 tap	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tap	tap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cage	det
5	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap	imperative	you not said here	the cage					vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent cage=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, hamsters sleep in the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 hamsters	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sleep	nsubj
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	hamsters				day		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, he wants to play now with you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 play	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here				now	with you	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent

Option 4

Yes, if you're gentle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 gentle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 gentle	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 gentle	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gentle	cop
6	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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