Test 14 · Caring for pets

can i give the dog some of my chocolate, he's begging

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, dog · What happens: give, beg · To what, where: some, dog

This is test 14 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	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	iobj
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 give	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 chocolate	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 chocolate	nmod:poss
9	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 some	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 begging	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 begging	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 begging	aux
13	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 give	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	can	i	some	the dog				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient some=Theme
2	beg speech: request	present · progressive	dog						vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: 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, if he eats it slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 eats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 eats	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eats	nsubj
5	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eats	obj
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 eats	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	he	it				slowly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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

No, chocolate can poison dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 chocolate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poison	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 poison	aux
5	poison	poison	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poison	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	can	chocolate	dogs					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Option 3

Yes, if it is milk chocolate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 chocolate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 chocolate	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chocolate	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 chocolate	cop
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chocolate	compound
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	milk chocolate					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, a small bit is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bit	amod
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a small bit					fine property	tree rules

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