Test 10 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care

can i take the big dog out by myself, he pulls heaps

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, dog · What happens: take out, pull · To what, where: big dog, heaps

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 take	nsubj
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dog	amod
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	3 take	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 myself	case
9	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 take	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pulls	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pulls	nsubj
12	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 take	parataxis
13	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pulls	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take out	can	i	the big dog				by myself	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	pull	present	dog	heaps					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=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

Yes, if it is a short walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 walk	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 walk	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 walk	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 walk	det
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walk	amod
8	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a short walk					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if you go near the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 go	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	you			the road			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near road=Location

Option 3

Yes, just hold the lead tighter with both hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 hold	advmod
4	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lead	det
6	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hold	obj
7	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 hold	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hands	case
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hands	det
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	the lead				with both hands; tight property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Theme

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

No, walk a strong dog only with an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 walk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dog	amod
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	obj
7	only	only	ADV	_	3 walk	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 adult	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here	a strong dog				with a adult	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Agent

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