Test 6 · Caring for pets
A family wants a puppy for Christmas, and the children promise to look after it «for a while». What have they forgotten?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, children · What happens: want, promise, look, forget · To what, where: puppy
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: A family wants a puppy for Christmas, and the children promise to look after it «for a while».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 puppy | det |
| 5 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Christmas | case |
| 7 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 promise | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 promise | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 children | det |
| 11 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 promise | nsubj |
| 12 | promise | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wants | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 look | mark |
| 14 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 promise | xcomp |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 look | obl |
| 17 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 20 while | punct |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 while | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 while | det |
| 20 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 look | obl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 while | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a family | a puppy | for Christmas | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot puppy=Theme | |||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | present | the children | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | look not said to happen | to-infinitive | the children not said here | after family; while | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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: What have they forgotten?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 forgotten | obj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgotten | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forgotten | nsubj |
| 4 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgotten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present · perfect | children = child | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Puppies only live for one year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 year | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 year | nummod |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Puppies | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Puppies stay small forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stay | xcomp |
| 4 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 2 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | Puppies | forever, small property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Dogs look after themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 look | nsubj |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 themselves | case |
| 4 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Dogs | after Dogs = dog | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A dog needs care for its whole life, often over ten years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 life | nmod:poss |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 life | amod |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 years | punct |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 13 years | advmod |
| 11 | over | over | ADV | _ | 12 ten | advmod |
| 12 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 years | nummod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 needs | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a dog | care | for dog's whole life | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme |
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