Test 10 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does The lurcher sniffs Chloe's shoe and wags once. Her brother says «pfft, that's nothing». Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lurcher, brother, that · What happens: sniff, wag, say, be · To what, where: shoe, pfft, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 459 «The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does» 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: The lurcher sniffs Chloe's shoe and wags once.
det nsubj nmod:poss case obj cc conj advmod punct root The DET lurcher NOUN sniffs VERB Chloe PROPN 's PART shoe NOUN and CCONJ wags VERB once ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lurcher det 2 lurcher lurcher NOUN Number=Sing 3 sniffs nsubj 3 sniffs sniff VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Chloe Chloe PROPN Number=Sing 6 shoe nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 Chloe case 6 shoe shoe NOUN Number=Sing 3 sniffs obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 wags cc 8 wags wag VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sniffs conj 9 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 8 wags advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 sniffs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sniff present the lurcher Chloe's shoe vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme 2 wag present the lurcher not said here once property vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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: Her brother says «pfft, that's nothing».
nmod:poss nsubj punct obj punct nsubj cop appos punct punct root Her PRON brother NOUN says VERB « PUNCT pfft NOUN , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX nothing PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 pfft punct 5 pfft pfft NOUN Number=Sing 3 says obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 nothing punct 7 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 nothing nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 nothing cop 9 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 pfft appos 10 » » PUNCT _ 5 pfft punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Chloe's brother pfft vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pfft=Topic 2 is a in a quote present that nothing tree rules
Sentence 3: Who's right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON 's AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Her brother, it means nothing
nmod:poss nsubj punct nsubj obj root Her PRON brother NOUN , PUNCT it PRON means VERB nothing PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 brother punct 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 means nsubj 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 means obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Her brother nothing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Chloe, it's a real win from a scared dog
punct nsubj cop det amod appos case det amod nmod root Chloe PROPN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX a DET real ADJ win NOUN from ADP a DET scared ADJ dog NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chloe Chloe PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 win punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 win nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 win cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 win det 6 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 7 win amod 7 win win NOUN Number=Sing 1 Chloe appos 8 from from ADP _ 11 dog case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 dog det 10 scared scared ADJ Degree=Pos 11 dog amod 11 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 7 win nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it a real win from a scared dog tree rules
Option 3 Her brother, she should have hugged it
nmod:poss nsubj:pass punct nsubj aux aux obj root Her PRON brother NOUN , PUNCT she PRON should AUX have AUX hugged VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 7 hugged nsubj:pass 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 brother punct 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hugged nsubj 5 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 hugged aux 6 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 hugged aux 7 hugged hug VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hugged obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hug should · perfect · passive Her brother tree rules
Option 4 Neither, it means the dog is angry
advmod punct nsubj det nsubj cop ccomp root Neither ADV , PUNCT it PRON means VERB the DET dog NOUN is AUX angry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 4 means advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 dog det 6 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 8 angry nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 angry cop 8 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 4 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it neither property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present the dog angry property tree rules
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