Test 5 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

What would most likely happen if Connor's family left Rex alone with his cousin, aged three?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: family · What happens: happen, leave · To what, where: Rex

This is test 5 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 left	mark
7	Connor	Connor	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 family	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Connor	case
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	nsubj
10	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	advcl
11	Rex	Rex	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 left	obj
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 left	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 cousin	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cousin	nmod:poss
15	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 aged	punct
17	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cousin	amod
18	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 aged	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave a condition, not said to happen	past	Connor's family		Rex			with family's cousin; alone property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent rex=Recipient with cousin=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.

The options

Option 1

Rex would babysit perfectly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 babysit	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 babysit	aux
3	babysit	babysit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	3 babysit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	babysit	would	Rex					perfectly property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nothing, dogs forget biting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 dogs	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forget	nsubj
4	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	biting	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 forget	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	Nothing dogs						tree rules
2	not bite	gerund	Nothing dogs not said here						vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Rex would run away from home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 run	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 run	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	would	Rex			home		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory

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

Rex might bite again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bite	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bite	aux
3	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 bite	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	might	Rex				again		vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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