Test 2 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care
A boy in Dallas lets his dog off the lead in the park, but the dog never comes when called. What could happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, dog · What happens: let, not come, call, happen · To what, where: dog · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy in Dallas lets his dog off the lead in the park, but the dog never comes when called.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Dallas | case |
| 4 | Dallas | Dallas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 lead | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lead | det |
| 10 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 park | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 park | det |
| 13 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lead | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 comes | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 comes | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dog | det |
| 17 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 comes | nsubj |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 comes | advmod |
| 19 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lets | conj |
| 20 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 called | advmod |
| 21 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 comes | advcl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | a boy in Dallas | boy's dog | off the lead in the park | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | |||
| 2 | not come | present | the dog | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | call | participle | the dog not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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.
Sentence 2: What could happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It will soon learn to come back by itself
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 | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 learn | advmod |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 come | mark |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 learn | xcomp |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 itself | case |
| 9 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | future | It | soon property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come back | to-infinitive | by itself = it | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It could run off and be hit by a car
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 | 3 run | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 run | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hit | cc |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hit | aux:pass |
| 7 | hit | hit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 run | advcl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 car | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 car | det |
| 10 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hit | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | could | It | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hit | infinitive · passive | a car | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It will stay close because it is free
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 | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | xcomp |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 free | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 free | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 free | cop |
| 8 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | future | It | close property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | free property | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing, dogs always find their way back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 find | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 find | advmod |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 way | nmod:poss |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find back | present | dogs | Nothing | always property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
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