Test 17 · Caring for pets

did u hear the Taylors' dog nearly died cos it ate a whole box of chocolates at Easter

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, dog · What happens: hear, die, eat · To what, where: whole box, Easter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Taylors	det
5	Taylors	Taylor	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 dog	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Taylors	case
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	nsubj
8	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	9 died	advmod
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 ate	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ate	nsubj
12	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 died	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 box	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 box	amod
15	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ate	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 chocolates	case
17	chocolates	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 box	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 Easter	case
19	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	die	past	the Taylors's dog			nearly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	eat	past	dog	a whole box of chocolates	Easter		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: chocolate can poison dogs, so keep it out of reach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 poison	punct
4	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poison	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 poison	aux
6	poison	poison	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lesson	appos
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 poison	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 poison	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	14 reach	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 reach	case
14	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obl

#	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
2	keep	infinitive	chocolate not said here	chocolate		reach			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out reach=Location

Option 2

It is gossip, so chocolate is fine for dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 fine	advmod
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fine	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 dogs	case
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	is	present	chocolate	gossip not said here				for dogs; fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Real lesson: dogs only get sick from Easter eggs, not other chocolate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	appos
7	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 eggs	case
9	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 eggs	compound
10	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 chocolate	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 chocolate	advmod
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chocolate	amod
14	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lesson	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	dogs			Easter eggs		sick property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from egg=Destination

Option 4

It proves dogs should not be kept at Easter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 kept	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proves	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Easter	case
9	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not keep	should · passive		dogs		Easter			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at easter=Location

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