Test 8 · Caring for pets

Why do pets need check-ups at the vet even when they seem well?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pets · What happens: need, seem · To what, where: check ups, vet

This is test 8 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 need	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	aux
3	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ups	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 check	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 vet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 vet	det
10	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obl
11	even	even	ADV	_	14 seem	advmod
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 seem	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 seem	nsubj
14	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	advcl
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 seem	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · do-support	pets	check ups		the vet			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot up=Theme
2	seem	present	pets = pet					well property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: 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

Pets get bored at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 get	xcomp
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Pets			home		bored property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Vets give pets new names

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vets	vet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	nsubj
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	iobj
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 names	amod
5	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Vets	new names	pets				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pet=Recipient name=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A vet can catch problems early and give vaccinations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vet	det
2	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catch	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 catch	aux
4	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catch	obj
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 catch	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 give	cc
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 catch	conj
9	vaccinations	vaccination	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	can	a vet	problems				early property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme
2	give	infinitive	a vet not said here	vaccinations					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vaccination=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Check-ups make pets grow taller and stronger than other pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ups	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 ups	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
6	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
7	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 grow	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stronger	cc
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 taller	conj
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 pets	case
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pets	amod
12	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	check	infinitive				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	Check ups	pets		tree rules
3	grow	infinitive	pets not said here		tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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