Test 5 · The pet that loves you most
In a cartoon the family's dog finds its way home across the whole country by itself. What's the safer real-life plan?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, safer life plan · What happens: find, be · To what, where: way, cartoon
This is test 5 of lesson 460 «The pet that loves you most» 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: In a cartoon the family's dog finds its way home across the whole country by itself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finds | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 family | det |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dog | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 family | case |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finds | nsubj |
| 8 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 way | nmod:poss |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finds | obj |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 finds | advmod |
| 12 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 country | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 country | det |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 country | amod |
| 15 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finds | obl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 itself | case |
| 17 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 finds | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | the family's dog | dog's way | a cartoon | across the whole country; by dog; home property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
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's the safer real-life plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 plan | det |
| 4 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 plan | amod |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 real | punct |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 plan | compound |
| 8 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safer life plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Never let the dog outside at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 let | advmod |
| 2 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 let | obj |
| 5 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 2 let | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not let | imperative | you not said here | the dog | all | outside property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent dog=Theme at all=Asset |
Option 2
Trust the dog to find home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Trust | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 find | mark |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Trust | advcl |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | imperative | you not said here | the dog | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | you not said here | home | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Microchip, tag and keep gates shut
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microchip | microchip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 tag | punct |
| 3 | tag | tag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Microchip | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 keep | cc |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 keep | obj |
| 7 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | infinitive | Microchip and tag | gates | shut property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Draw a map for the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 map | det |
| 3 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 dog | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | imperative | you not said here | a map | for the dog | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent map=Result for dog=Beneficiary |
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