Test 12 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

dog's in a vest, its a guide dog. can i pat him real quick

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: vest · What happens: pat · To what, where: him

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vest	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 dog	case
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 vest	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 vest	det
5	vest	vest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pat	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dog	punct
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dog	nmod:poss
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
9	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dog	compound
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vest	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 vest	punct
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 pat	aux
13	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 pat	nsubj
14	pat	pat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pat	obj
16	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 quick	amod
17	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pat	can	dog's vest and dog's guide dog	him = he					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer

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

No, he is working, so do not stroke him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 working	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 working	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 working	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 working	aux
5	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stroke	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 stroke	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 stroke	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 stroke	advmod
10	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 working	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present · progressive	he						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not stroke	infinitive · do-support	he not said here	him = he					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, if you give him a treat too, he'll love it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 give	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 treat	det
8	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
9	too	too	ADV	_	5 give	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 love	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 love	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 love	aux
13	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 give	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	you	a treat	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient treat=Theme
2	love	future	he	treat					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, a quick pat is always fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pat	det
4	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pat	amod
5	pat	pat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 fine	advmod
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a quick pat					always, fine property	tree rules

Option 4

Only if you call his name first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 call	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 call	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 call	nsubj
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	you	his name				first property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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