Test 7 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

If Mr Doyle hadn't come out when Sam was on the fence, what would most likely have happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mr, Sam, fence · What happens: not come out, be, happen · To what, where: fence

This is test 7 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 come	mark
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
3	Doyle	Doyle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mr	flat
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 fence	advmod
9	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 fence	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fence	cop
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 fence	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fence	det
13	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 happened	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 happened	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 happened	aux
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 likely	advmod
18	likely	likely	ADV	_	20 happened	advmod
19	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 happened	aux
20	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 fence	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not come out	past	Mr		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	Sam	the fence		tree rules
3	happen	would · perfect	the fence		likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tank would have got hold of Sam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Sam	case
7	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hold	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would · perfect	Tank	hold of Sam					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus
2	hold			Sam					nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Tank would have gone back indoors to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gone	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 gone	aux
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	6 indoors	advmod
6	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	4 gone	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sleep	mark
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gone	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	would · perfect	Tank					indoors property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	sleep	to-infinitive	Tank not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Kieran would have pulled Sam to safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pulled	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 pulled	aux
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 safety	case
7	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	would · perfect	Kieran	Sam		safety			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sam=Theme to safety=Destination

Option 4

Tank would have let Sam stroke him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	aux
4	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stroke	nsubj
6	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	would · perfect · passive		Tank					tree rules
2	stroke	infinitive	Sam	Tank					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer

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