Exam question 4 · Cats and dogs up close

Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning the hugging of dogs.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established guidance · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, hug · To what, where: response, hugging, dogs

This is exam question 4 of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 guidance	case
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 guidance	amod
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 guidance	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hugging	det
12	hugging	hugging	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 dogs	case
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hugging	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with established guidance; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	established guidance not said here	the hugging of dogs		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hugging=Experiencer
5	hug			dogs		nom hugging «act transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Most dogs feel trapped when hugged, so the chest or side is stroked instead

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 dogs	amod
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feel	nsubj
3	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feel	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 hugged	advmod
6	hugged	hug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feel	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stroked	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	14 stroked	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chest	det
10	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stroked	nsubj:pass
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 side	cc
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chest	conj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 stroked	aux:pass
14	stroked	stroke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feel	conj
15	instead	instead	ADV	_	14 stroked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	present	Most dogs			vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	trap	participle	Most dogs not said here			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hug	participle	Most dogs not said here			vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	stroke	present · passive		the chest or side	instead property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Dogs should be hugged tightly around the neck so that they feel safe and secure

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hugged	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hugged	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hugged	aux:pass
4	hugged	hug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	4 hugged	advmod
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 neck	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 neck	det
8	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hugged	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 feel	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 feel	nsubj
12	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hugged	advcl
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feel	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 secure	cc
15	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 safe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	should · passive		Dogs		the neck		tightly property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent
2	feel	present	Dogs = dog					safe property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Dogs prefer hugs from strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 strangers	case
5	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Dogs	hugs		strangers			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hug=Stimulus

Option 4

All dogs enjoy hugs from children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 dogs	det
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 enjoy	nsubj
3	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 enjoy	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 enjoy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	present	all dogs	hugs				from children	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hug=Stimulus

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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