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Test 11 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

«Get DOWN!» Mr Doyle yells at Sam on the fence. Is he being mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mr Doyle, Doyle · What happens: get down, yell, be

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 456 «The bulldog next door who never likes 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: «Get DOWN!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct
2	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	DOWN	down	ADV	_	2 Get	advmod
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get down in a quote	imperative	you not said here					down property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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: Mr Doyle yells at Sam on the fence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Doyle	flat
2	Doyle	Doyle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 yells	nsubj
3	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 Sam	case
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 yells	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 fence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fence	det
8	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yells	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 yells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	present	Mr Doyle					on the fence; at Sam	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at sam=Stimulus

Sentence 3: Is he being mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 mean	cop
4	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Doyle					mean property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, he hates children, especially Sam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hates	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hates	nsubj
4	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hates	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Sam	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	8 Sam	advmod
8	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	he	children				Sam obl	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he wanted Tank to get hold of Sam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
8	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Sam	case
10	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hold	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	Tank					tree rules
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	Tank not said here	hold of Sam					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus
3	hold			Sam					nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, he's stopping Sam getting bitten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 stopping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stopping	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stopping	aux
5	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stopping	obj
7	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stopping	conj
8	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present · progressive	he	Sam					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector sam=Eventuality
2	get	gerund	he not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	bite	participle	he not said here						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No, he was shouting at the dog, not at Sam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 shouting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shouting	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shouting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shouting	aux
5	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouting	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Sam	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 Sam	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Sam	case
12	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shouting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past · progressive	he					at the dog	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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