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Test 3 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

A dog's wagging and the owner says «not this one, he's nervy». What do you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: owner, you · What happens: wag, say, be, do · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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's wagging and the owner says «not this one, he's nervy».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wagging	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dog	case
4	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 owner	det
7	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wagging	conj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 one	advmod
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 nervy	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 nervy	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 nervy	cop
16	nervy	nervy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	appos
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 nervy	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wagging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	gerund							vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the owner	this one					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic
3	is in a quote	present	owner					nervy property	tree rules

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 do you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Stare at him until he relaxes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stare	obl
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 relaxes	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 relaxes	nsubj
6	relaxes	relax	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stare	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	imperative	you not said here					at him = he	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
2	relax	present	he						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Feed him so he calms down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Feed	iobj
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 calms	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calms	nsubj
5	calms	calm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Feed	advcl
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 calms	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	calm down	present	he						vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pat him quickly anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pat	Pat	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pat	flat
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Pat	advmod
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Pat	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Leave him alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	him = he				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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