Test 6 · The pet that loves you most
Connor's mate: «you gave your dog away? that's cold, bruv». What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, that, truth · What happens: give away, be · To what, where: dog
This is test 6 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: Connor's mate: «you gave your dog away? that's cold, bruv».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Connor | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 gave | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 dog | nmod:poss |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 gave | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 cold | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 cold | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 cold | cop |
| 14 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gave | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bruv | punct |
| 16 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cold | conj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 cold | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away in a quote | past | Connor's mate | your dog | away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | cold 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's the truth?
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 | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Connor never really cared about him at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cared | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 cared | advmod |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 cared | advmod |
| 4 | cared | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cared | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 cared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | past | Connor | all | about him = he | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about he=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Finding him a good home was the kind choice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding | find | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 choice | csubj |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Finding | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 home | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 home | amod |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Finding | xcomp |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 choice | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 choice | det |
| 8 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 choice | amod |
| 9 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | gerund | him = he | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Finding | the kind choice | tree rules |
Option 3
Dogs should never be rehomed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rehomed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rehomed | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 rehomed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rehomed | aux:pass |
| 5 | rehomed | rehom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not rehom | should · passive | Dogs | tree rules |
Option 4
Bruno will forget Connor at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno | Bruno | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 forget | aux |
| 3 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forget | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 forget | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | future | Bruno | Connor | tree rules |
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