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Test 6 · ★ · The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets

«my new stepdad says the dog hates him». What's most likely true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: new stepdad, dog · What happens: say, hate, be · To what, where: stepdad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 457 «The cat that only likes Dad, and other choosy pets» 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: «my new stepdad says the dog hates him».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 stepdad	nmod:poss
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stepdad	amod
4	stepdad	stepdad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hates	nsubj
8	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hates	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 hates	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my new stepdad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hate in a quote	present	the dog	stepdad					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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 most likely true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 true	advmod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1

The stepdad should get rid of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stepdad	det
2	stepdad	stepdad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	should	the stepdad					rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

The dog needs time to get used to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 used	mark
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	aux:pass
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 time	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the dog				time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	use	to-infinitive · passive	the dog not said here		dog				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»

Option 3

Dogs know who they hate from birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 hate	nsubj
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hate	nsubj
5	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 know	ccomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 birth	case
7	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Dogs						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hate	present				birth			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The dog will never change its mind about him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 change	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 change	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 change	advmod
5	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mind	nmod:poss
7	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 change	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	future	the dog	dog's mind				about him = he	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
2	mind		dog						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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