Test 16 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close
Sam says sleeping dogs love being woken with a hug. true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, sleeping dogs · What happens: say, sleep, love, wake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★ 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 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 dogs | amod |
| 4 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 love | nsubj |
| 5 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 woken | aux:pass |
| 7 | woken | wake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 love | xcomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 hug | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hug | det |
| 10 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 woken | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 true | punct |
| 12 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | parataxis |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Sam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | sleep | gerund | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | love | present | sleeping dogs | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | wake not said to happen | gerund · passive | sleeping dogs not said here | with a hug | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: with hug=Instrument |
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, a startled dog may bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 bite | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 4 | startled | startle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 dog | amod |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bite | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 bite | aux |
| 7 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | startle | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | bite | may | a startled dog | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, dogs love a good surprise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 surprise | det |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 surprise | amod |
| 7 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | dogs | a good surprise | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surprise=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, it is the best time to hug
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 time | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 time | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 time | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hug | mark |
| 9 | hug | hug | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 time | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the best time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hug | to-infinitive | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, unless it snores loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 snores | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 snores | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 5 snores | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 snores | nsubj |
| 5 | snores | snore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 5 snores | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snore | present | it | loudly property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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