Test 11 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does
«a dog that bit once was just having a bad day, it won't happen again». True?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, it · What happens: bite, have, not happen
This is test 11 · ★ 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: «a dog that bit once was just having a bad day, it won't happen again».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 having | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 bit | nsubj |
| 5 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dog | acl:relcl |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 bit | advmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 having | aux |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 having | advmod |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 day | det |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 day | amod |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 having | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 happen | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 happen | nsubj |
| 15 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 happen | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 happen | advmod |
| 17 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 having | parataxis |
| 18 | again | again | ADV | _ | 17 happen | advmod |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 happen | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite in a quote | past | a dog | once property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | past · progressive | a dog | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not happen in a quote | future | it | again | 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.
Sentence 2: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, dogs bite once in a lifetime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 bite | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bite | nsubj |
| 4 | bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 bite | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 lifetime | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lifetime | det |
| 8 | lifetime | lifetime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bite | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present | dogs | a lifetime | once property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in lifetime=Location |
Option 2
Yes, if you say sorry to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sorry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | present | you | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, it will bite every day now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 bite | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bite | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 bite | aux |
| 5 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bite | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 bite | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | future | it | now; day | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, a dog that bit can bite again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 dog | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dog | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 bite | nsubj |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bite | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 bite | aux |
| 8 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dog | acl:relcl |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 bite | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | can | a dog | again | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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