Test 14 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

dog's chewing my sock, i'll just grab it outta his mouth

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: chew, grab · To what, where: sock

This is test 14 · ★ 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	3 chewing	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 dog	case
3	chewing	chew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sock	nmod:poss
5	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chewing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grab	punct
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 grab	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 grab	aux
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 grab	advmod
10	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 chewing	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grab	obj
12	outta	outta	ADP	_	14 mouth	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mouth	nmod:poss
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grab	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	gerund		my sock					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Patient
2	grab	future	i	sock				outta dog's mouth	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Pull it out fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pull	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 Pull	compound:prt
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Pull	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	imperative	you not said here	it				fast property	tree rules

Option 2

Hold his mouth shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mouth	nmod:poss
3	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hold	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	his mouth				shut property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme

Option 3

Shout at him until he gets scared and drops it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obl
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 gets	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gets	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drops	cc
9	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gets	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here		at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	he		scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	drop	present	he not said here	it		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Get an adult or swap it for a treat instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 swap	cc
5	swap	swap	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 swap	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 treat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 treat	det
9	treat	treat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swap	obl
10	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 swap	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	a adult					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus
2	swap	infinitive	you not said here	adult				for a treat; instead property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for treat=Co-Theme

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