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Test 5 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

In a cartoon, the hero tickles a growling guard dog and it turns into a puppy. What's wrong with that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: hero · What happens: tickle, turn, be · To what, where: guard dog, cartoon

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, the hero tickles a growling guard dog and it turns into a puppy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tickles	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hero	det
6	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tickles	nsubj
7	tickles	tickle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dog	det
9	growling	growling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guard	compound
10	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dog	compound
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tickles	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 turns	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 turns	nsubj
14	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tickles	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 puppy	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 puppy	det
17	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 turns	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tickles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tickle	present	the hero	a guard dog		a cartoon			vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer
2	turn	present	hero					into a puppy result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into puppy=Result

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's wrong with that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with that; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing, tickling always calms dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 calms	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tickling	punct
3	tickling	tickle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 calms	advmod
5	calms	calm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 calms	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tickle	gerund	Nothing not said here						vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	calm	present	Nothing	dogs				always property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real guard dogs may bite a stranger who reaches in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dogs	amod
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dogs	compound
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bite	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bite	aux
5	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bite	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 reaches	nsubj
9	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stranger	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 reaches	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	may	Real guard dogs	a stranger					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Patient
2	reach in	present	a stranger						vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Dogs can't hear anything at all while they're growling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hear	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 hear	advmod
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 hear	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 anything	nmod
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 growling	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 growling	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 growling	aux
11	growling	growl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 hear	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	Dogs	anything		all			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
2	growl	present · progressive	Dogs = dog						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only cartoon dogs ever growl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 dogs	advmod
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dogs	compound
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 growl	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 growl	advmod
5	growl	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	present	cartoon dogs				ever		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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