Test 9 · ★★ · Going where you're not allowed Owner, running: «WHO let my dog off?!» The boy did, trying to be kind. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Owner, boy · What happens: run, let off, do, try, be · To what, where: dog
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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: Owner, running: «WHO let my dog off?!»
nsubj punct punct punct nsubj conj nmod:poss obj compound:prt punct punct root Owner NOUN , PUNCT running VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT WHO PRON let VERB my PRON dog NOUN off ADP ?! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Owner owner NOUN Number=Sing 3 running nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 running punct 3 running run VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 3 running punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 let punct 6 WHO who PRON PronType=Rel 7 let nsubj 7 let let VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 running conj 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 dog nmod:poss 9 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 7 let obj 10 off off ADP _ 7 let compound:prt 11 ?! ?! PUNCT _ 7 let punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 7 let punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run gerund Owner vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 let off in a quote past my dog vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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.
Sentence 2: The boy did, trying to be kind.
det nsubj punct advcl mark cop xcomp punct root The DET boy NOUN did VERB , PUNCT trying VERB to PART be AUX kind ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 trying punct 5 trying try VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 did advcl 6 to to PART _ 8 kind mark 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 kind cop 8 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 5 trying xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past the boy vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 try gerund the boy not said here vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 3 is not said to happen to-infinitive the boy not said here kind property tree rules
Sentence 3: What should he do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON do VERB ? PUNCT 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 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should boy vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Run home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Run run VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 home home ADV _ 1 Run advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run imperative you not said here home property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Blame another child
det obj root Blame VERB another DET child NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Blame blame VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 another another DET PronType=Ind 3 child det 3 child child NOUN Number=Sing 1 Blame obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 blame imperative you not said here another child vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
Option 3 Say the dog slipped out by itself under the gate
compound det nsubj compound:prt case obl case det obl root Say VERB the DET dog NOUN slipped VERB out ADP by ADP itself PRON under ADP the DET gate NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 dog compound 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 dog det 3 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 4 slipped nsubj 4 slipped slip VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 out out ADP _ 4 slipped compound:prt 6 by by ADP _ 7 itself case 7 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 4 slipped obl 8 under under ADP _ 10 gate case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 gate det 10 gate gate NOUN Number=Sing 4 slipped obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert infinitive vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 slip out past the Say dog the gate by dog vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Own up, say sorry and help look for the dog
compound:prt punct conj xcomp cc conj xcomp case det obl root Own VERB up ADP , PUNCT say VERB sorry ADJ and CCONJ help VERB look VERB for ADP the DET dog NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Own own VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Own compound:prt 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 say punct 4 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Own conj 5 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 4 say xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 help cc 7 help help VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Own conj 8 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 help xcomp 9 for for ADP _ 11 dog case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 dog det 11 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 8 look obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 own up imperative you not said here vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot 2 say speech: apologize infinitive you not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 help infinitive you not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 4 look infinitive you not said here for the dog vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for dog=Theme
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