Test 5 · Being gentle with small animals
A boy wants to stroke a stranger's puppy in the street. What should he do first?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: want, stroke, do · To what, where: puppy, street
This is test 5 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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 boy wants to stroke a stranger's puppy in the street.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stroke | mark |
| 5 | stroke | stroke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 stranger | det |
| 7 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 puppy | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 stranger | case |
| 9 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stroke | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 street | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 street | det |
| 12 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stroke | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a boy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stroke not said to happen | to-infinitive | a boy not said here | a stranger's puppy | the street | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Experiencer |
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 should he do first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Shout to make the puppy look at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 make | mark |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Shout | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 puppy | det |
| 5 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | the puppy | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | look | infinitive | the puppy not said here | at puppy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme |
Option 2
Grab the puppy before it runs off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 puppy | det |
| 3 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grab | obj |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 runs | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 runs | nsubj |
| 6 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Grab | advcl |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 runs | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | the puppy | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run off | present | puppy | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask the owner if he may
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 owner | det |
| 3 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 may | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 may | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the owner | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient |
Option 4
Pick it up to see if it is friendly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pick | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Pick | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pick | advcl |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 friendly | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 friendly | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 friendly | cop |
| 9 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 see | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | imperative | you not said here | it | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | it | friendly property | tree rules |
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