Test 18 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care

my mate says u can let any dog off the lead in the park, they always come back

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, u, they · What happens: say, let, come back · To what, where: dog, park · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 let	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 let	aux
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	11 lead	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lead	det
11	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 park	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 park	det
14	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 come	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 come	nsubj
17	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	18 come	advmod
18	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
19	back	back	ADV	_	18 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let	can	u	any dog	the park	off the lead	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
3	come back	present	they			always property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

He is right, if the park is big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 big	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 big	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 park	det
7	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 big	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 big	cop
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the park					big property	tree rules

Option 2

He is right, all dogs come back once they've had a good run and a bark at the ducks

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 dogs	det
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 had	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
11	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 had	aux
12	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 come	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 run	det
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 run	amod
15	run	run	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bark	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bark	det
18	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 run	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 ducks	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ducks	det
21	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 run	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	come back	present	all dogs			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	present · perfect	dogs = dog	a good run and a bark	at the ducks	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent run=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; let a dog off only where allowed and if it comes back when called

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wrong	parataxis
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	3 let	compound:prt
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 allowed	advmod
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 allowed	advmod
9	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 let	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 called	cc
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 comes	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 comes	nsubj
13	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 called	advcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 comes	advmod
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 called	advmod
16	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 allowed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let off	infinitive		a dog	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	allow	participle			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	come back a condition, not said to happen	present	dog		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	call	participle			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is right, all dogs come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 dogs	det
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	come back	present	all dogs						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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