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Test 6 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

Jake: «proper mental, that mutt, he went for me for no reason». Is that fair?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, that · What happens: go, be

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Jake: «proper mental, that mutt, he went for me for no reason».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mental	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 mental	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 mental	punct
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mental	amod
5	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mutt	punct
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 mutt	det
8	mutt	mutt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mental	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mental	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 went	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 reason	case
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 reason	det
16	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mental	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past	Jake					for me; for no reason	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for i=Beneficiary

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: Is that fair?

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	3 fair	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fair	nsubj
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, Jake had been teasing him with a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 teasing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 teasing	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 teasing	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 teasing	aux
6	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 teasing	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 stick	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stick	det
10	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past · perfect · progressive	Jake	him = he				with a stick	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, Tank was chasing a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 chasing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chasing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chasing	aux
5	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · progressive	Tank	a cat					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 3

Yes, bulldogs often attack people for no reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 attack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bulldogs	bulldog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attack	nsubj
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 attack	advmod
5	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attack	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 reason	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	bulldogs	people				for no reason; often property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent people=Theme for reason=Attribute

Option 4

Yes, Tank is just a bad dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 dog	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dog	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dog	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 dog	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dog	amod
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Tank	a bad dog					tree rules

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