Test 19 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care

the Patels' dog ran off on bonfire night, people say they're useless owners, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, people · What happens: run off, say, be, pass on · To what, where: useless owners, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Patels	det
2	Patels	patel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dog	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 Patels	case
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 ran	compound:prt
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 night	compound
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ran	parataxis
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 owners	nsubj
14	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 owners	cop
15	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 owners	amod
16	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 say	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 pass	punct
18	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 say	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pass	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	run off	past	the Patels's dog		night	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	people			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	people	useless owners		tree rules
4	pass on	present	people not said here	dog		vn send-11.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, because they lost it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 lost	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	nsubj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	lose	past	they	it					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

Pass it on, so they buy a lead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 buy	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 buy	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 buy	nsubj
7	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lead	det
9	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	buy	present	they	a lead					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Theme

Option 3

Pass it on, and say it was found hurt by the road and they did not even go and look for it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 found	aux:pass
9	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 say	ccomp
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 found	xcomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 road	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 road	det
13	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurt	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 go	cc
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 go	nsubj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 go	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 go	advmod
18	even	even	ADV	_	19 go	advmod
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pass	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 look	cc
21	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 go	conj
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	find	past · passive		it		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
4	hurt	participle			by the road	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	not go	past · do-support	they			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	look	infinitive	they not said here		for road	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; fireworks frighten many dogs and it could happen to anyone

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 frighten	punct
7	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 frighten	nsubj
8	frighten	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	parataxis
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dogs	amod
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 frighten	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 happen	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 happen	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 happen	aux
14	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 frighten	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 anyone	case
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	frighten	present	fireworks	many dogs		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer
3	happen	could	it		to anyone	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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