Exam question 1 · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

Identify the conduct most likely to establish trust with a fearful dog of rescue origin.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, establish · To what, where: conduct, trust

This is exam question 1 of lesson 459 «The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 Identify	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 establish	mark
7	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
8	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 establish	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 dog	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
11	fearful	fearful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 establish	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 origin	case
14	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 origin	compound
15	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dog	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conduct				likely property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	establish	to-infinitive	you not said here	trust				with a fearful dog of rescue origin	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent trust=Theme with dog=Source

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

Remaining quietly present over many weeks without reaching towards it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 present	advmod
3	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Remaining	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 weeks	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 weeks	amod
6	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 present	obl
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 reaching	mark
8	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Remaining	advcl
9	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 reaching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund		present					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme present=Attribute
2	reach	gerund				it			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent towards it=Path

Option 2

Offering treats loudly and repeatedly at every available opportunity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Offering	obj
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Offering	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 repeatedly	cc
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	3 loudly	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 opportunity	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 opportunity	det
8	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 opportunity	amod
9	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Offering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund		treats		every available opportunity		loudly property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent treat=Theme

Option 3

Pursuing the dog until it ceases to flee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pursuing	pursue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuing	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 ceases	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ceases	nsubj
6	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pursuing	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 flee	mark
8	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ceases	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pursue	gerund		the dog	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	cease	present	dog		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	flee	to-infinitive	dog not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Extracting the dog from its hiding place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extracting	extract	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Extracting	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 place	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 place	nmod:poss
6	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	compound
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Extracting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	gerund		the dog		dog's hiding place			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme from place=Initial_Location

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