Test 9 · ★★★ · What a real friend is

What would probably happen if Sam kept trying to pat Tank, who growls every day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, Tank · What happens: happen, keep, try, pat, growl · To what, where: Tank

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 485 «What a real friend is» 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	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 kept	mark
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	advcl
8	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 kept	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 pat	mark
10	pat	pat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 trying	xcomp
11	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pat	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 growls	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 growls	nsubj
14	growls	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 Tank	acl:relcl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 growls	obl:unmarked
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	past	Sam				tree rules
3	try	gerund	Sam not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	pat not said to happen	to-infinitive	Sam not said here	Tank			vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tank=Experiencer
5	growl	present	Tank		day		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tank would stop growling for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stop	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	growling	growl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 good	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 growling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would	Tank						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	growl	gerund	Tank not said here					for good	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for good=Recipient

Option 2

Tank would become his best friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 become	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	Tank	Tank's best friend					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Mr Doyle would give him Tank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
2	Doyle	Doyle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mr	flat
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	Tank	Tank	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 give	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	Mr		Tank				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tank=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He could get bitten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bitten	nsubj:pass
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bitten	aux
3	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 bitten	aux:pass
4	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	could · passive		He					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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