Test 4 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

Which of these is a sign that a dog feels uncomfortable?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: be, feel

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sign	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 sign	case
3	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 sign	det
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sign	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 feels	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feels	nsubj
10	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sign	advcl
11	uncomfortable	uncomfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feels	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of this sign	tree rules
2	feel	present	a dog					uncomfortable property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

It rolls over on its back to play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rolls	nsubj
2	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 rolls	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolls	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 play	mark
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rolls	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll over	present	It			its back		over property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory
2	play	to-infinitive							vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It wags its whole body and bounces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wags	nsubj
2	wags	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 body	nmod:poss
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 body	amod
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wags	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bounces	cc
7	bounces	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wags	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	present	It	its whole body					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient
2	bounce	present							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It brings you its ball to throw for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 brings	obj
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ball	nmod:poss
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 throw	mark
7	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 brings	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	It	its ball	you				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination ball=Theme
2	throw	to-infinitive						for ball	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

It licks its lips and looks away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 licks	nsubj
2	licks	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lips	nmod:poss
4	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 licks	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 looks	cc
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 licks	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 looks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	present	It	its lips					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lip=Source
2	look away	present						away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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