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Test 6 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you

I skipped walking the dog last week and nobody noticed. «it worked last time, so it's fine.» Which is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, nobody, dog · What happens: skip, walk, notice, work, be · To what, where: dog

This is test 6 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» 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: I skipped walking the dog last week and nobody noticed.

nsubjxcompdetobjamodobl:unmarkedccnsubjconjpunctrootIPRONskippedVERBwalkingVERBtheDETdogNOUNlastADJweekNOUNandCCONJnobodyPRONnoticedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 skippednsubj
2skippedskipVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3walkingwalkVERBVerbForm=Ger2 skippedxcomp
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 dogdet
5dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing3 walkingobj
6lastlastADJDegree=Pos7 weekamod
7weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing3 walkingobl:unmarked
8andandCCONJ_10 noticedcc
9nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg10 noticednsubj
10noticednoticeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 skippedconj
11..PUNCT_2 skippedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1skippastItree rules
2walkgerundI not said herethe dogweekvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Agent
3noticepastnobodyvn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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: «it worked last time, so it's fine.»

punctnsubjamodobl:unmarkedpunctadvmodexplcopccomppunctpunctroot«PUNCTitPRONworkedVERBlastADJtimeNOUN,PUNCTsoADVitPRON'sAUXfineADJ.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_3 workedpunct
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 workednsubj
3workedworkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4lastlastADJDegree=Pos5 timeamod
5timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing3 workedobl:unmarked
6,,PUNCT_10 finepunct
7sosoADV_10 fineadvmod
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 fineexpl
9'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 finecop
10finefineADJDegree=Pos3 workedccomp
11..PUNCT_10 finepunct
12»»PUNCT_3 workedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1work in a quotepastdogtimevn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresentdog not said herefine propertytree rules

Sentence 3: Which is right?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhichPRONisAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Dogs don't need walks really

nsubjauxadvmodobjadvmodrootDogsNOUNdoAUXn'tPARTneedVERBwalksNOUNreallyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur4 neednsubj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 needaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 needadvmod
4needneedVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5walkswalkNOUNNumber=Plur4 needobj
6reallyreallyADV_4 needadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not needpresent · do-supportDogswalksvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme

Option 2

It's fine if nobody notices

explcopmarknsubjadvclrootItPRON'sAUXfineADJifSCONJnobodyPRONnoticesVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 fineexpl
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 finecop
3finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
4ififSCONJ_6 noticesmark
5nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 noticesnsubj
6noticesnoticeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 fineadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfine propertytree rules
2notice a condition, not said to happenpresentnobodyvn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Only skip it when it rains, dogs hate getting wet

advmodobjmarknsubjadvclpunctnsubjconjxcompxcomprootOnlyADVskipVERBitPRONwhenSCONJitPRONrainsVERB,PUNCTdogsNOUNhateVERBgettingVERBwetADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 skipadvmod
2skipskipVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 skipobj
4whenwhenSCONJ_6 rainsmark
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 rainsnsubj
6rainsrainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 skipadvcl
7,,PUNCT_9 hatepunct
8dogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur9 hatensubj
9hatehateVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 skipconj
10gettinggetVERBVerbForm=Ger9 hatexcomp
11wetwetADJDegree=Pos10 gettingxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1skipimperativeyou not said hereitvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2rainpresentitvn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
3hatepresentdogsvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4get not said to happengerunddogs not said herewet propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was not fine; the dog still needed the walk

explcopadvmodpunctdetnsubjadvmodconjdetobjrootItPRONwasAUXnotPARTfineADJ;PUNCTtheDETdogNOUNstillADVneededVERBtheDETwalkNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 fineexpl
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 finecop
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 fineadvmod
4finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
5;;PUNCT_9 neededpunct
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 dogdet
7dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing9 needednsubj
8stillstillADV_9 neededadvmod
9neededneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 fineconj
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 walkdet
11walkwalkNOUNNumber=Sing9 neededobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not ispastfine propertytree rules
2needpastthe dogthe walkstillvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=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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