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Test 4 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

«it's only a dog, a bite's nothing, just wash it». True?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: it · What happens: be, wash · To what, where: dog, bite

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: «it's only a dog, a bite's nothing, just wash it».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 dog	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dog	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dog	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 dog	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 nothing	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bite	det
9	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nothing	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 bite	case
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 dog	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wash	punct
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 wash	advmod
14	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 nothing	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wash	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 wash	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dog	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	a dog					tree rules
2	wash in a quote	infinitive		bite					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: True?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Yes, if the dog is small

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 small	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 small	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 small	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 small	cop
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 2

No, you need to bite the dog back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bite	mark
6	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bite	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	6 bite	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	you						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	bite back not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the dog					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Option 3

Yes, bites heal by themselves if you keep them clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 heal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bites	bite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heal	nsubj
4	heal	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 heal	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 keep	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 keep	nsubj
9	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heal	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keep	obj
11	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	present	bites					by bites = bite	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	you	bites = bite				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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

No, a dog bite needs an adult and often a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 needs	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bite	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bite	compound
5	bite	bite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	nsubj
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 doctor	cc
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 doctor	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 doctor	det
12	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 adult	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a dog bite	a adult and a doctor					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot adult=Theme

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