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Test 9 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

You visit a shy dog for the first time. Which plan is best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, plan · What happens: visit, be · To what, where: shy dog

This is test 9 · ★ 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: You visit a shy dog for the first time.

nsubjdetamodobjcasedetamodoblpunctrootYouPRONvisitVERBaDETshyADJdogNOUNforADPtheDETfirstADJtimeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 visitnsubj
2visitvisitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 dogdet
4shyshyADJDegree=Pos5 dogamod
5dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing2 visitobj
6forforADP_9 timecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 timedet
8firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord9 timeamod
9timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 visitobl
10..PUNCT_2 visitpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1visitpresentYoua shy dogtimevn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Co-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: Which plan is best?

detnsubjcoppunctrootWhichDETplanNOUNisAUXbestADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 plandet
2planplanNOUNNumber=Sing4 bestnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 bestcop
4bestgoodADJDegree=Suprootroot
5??PUNCT_4 bestpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwhich plangood propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sit quietly, don't reach out, let it choose

advmodpunctauxadvmodconjcompound:prtpunctparataxisobjxcomprootSitVERBquietlyADV,PUNCTdoAUXn'tPARTreachVERBoutADP,PUNCTletVERBitPRONchooseVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SitsitVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2quietlyquietlyADV_1 Sitadvmod
3,,PUNCT_6 reachpunct
4dodoAUXMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin6 reachaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 reachadvmod
6reachreachVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Sitconj
7outoutADP_6 reachcompound:prt
8,,PUNCT_9 letpunct
9letletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Sitparataxis
10ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 letobj
11choosechooseVERBVerbForm=Inf9 letxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitimperativeyou not said herequietly propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2not reach outinfinitive · do-supportyou not said herevn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3letinfinitiveittree rules
4chooseinfinitivevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Shake a toy in its face

detobjcasenmod:possoblrootShakeVERBaDETtoyNOUNinADPitsPRONfaceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShakeshakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 toydet
3toytoyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Shakeobj
4ininADP_6 facecase
5itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 facenmod:poss
6facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing1 Shakeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shakeimperativeyou not said herea toytoy's facevn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent toy=Theme in face=Trajectory

Option 3

Pick it up so it can't hide

objcompound:prtadvmodnsubjauxadvmodadvclrootPickVERBitPRONupADPsoADVitPRONcaAUXn'tPARThideVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PickpickVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Pickobj
3upupADP_1 Pickcompound:prt
4sosoADV_8 hideadvmod
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 hidensubj
6cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin8 hideaux
7n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 hideadvmod
8hidehideVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Pickadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pick upimperativeyou not said hereitvn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2not hidecanitvn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Call it loudly over and over till it comes to you

objadvmodadvmodccconjmarknsubjadvclcaseoblrootCallVERBitPRONloudlyADVoverADVandCCONJoverADVtillSCONJitPRONcomesVERBtoADPyouPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CallcallVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Callobj
3loudlyloudlyADV_1 Calladvmod
4overoverADV_1 Calladvmod
5andandCCONJ_6 overcc
6overoverADV_4 overconj
7tilltillSCONJ_9 comesmark
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 comesnsubj
9comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Calladvcl
10totoADP_11 youcase
11youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs9 comesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1callimperativeyou not said hereitloudly, over propertyvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2comepresentityouvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location

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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