Test 13 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

pavement's too hot for my hand, still ok to walk the dog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: walk · To what, where: dog

This is test 13 · ★ 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	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hot	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 pavement	case
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 hot	advmod
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hot	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ok	punct
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 ok	advmod
10	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hot	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 walk	mark
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ok	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dog	det
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walk	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	to-infinitive		the dog					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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

Yes, if you walk him faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 walk	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 walk	nsubj
5	walk	walk	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 walk	obj
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	you	him = he				fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it can burn his paws, wait till cooler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 burn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 burn	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 burn	aux
5	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 paws	nmod:poss
7	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 burn	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wait	punct
9	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 burn	conj
10	till	till	ADV	_	9 wait	advmod
11	cooler	cool	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 wait	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	can	it	his paws					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paw=Theme
2	wait	infinitive						cool, till property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, if he has had a drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 had	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 had	aux
6	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 drink	det
8	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · perfect	he	a drink					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient

Option 4

Yes, dogs' paws never get burned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 dogs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paws	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 dogs	case
5	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 burned	advmod
7	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 burned	aux:pass
8	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 paws	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not burn	present · passive		dogs's paws not said here					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»

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