Test 4 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care
A family in Sydney plans to watch the New Year fireworks. What is the best plan for their nervous dog?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, best plan · What happens: plan, watch, be · To what, where: Year fireworks
This is test 4 · ★ 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 family in Sydney plans to watch the New Year fireworks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plans | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | plans | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 watch | mark |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 plans | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fireworks | det |
| 9 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Year | compound |
| 10 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 fireworks | compound |
| 11 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 watch | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 plans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | a family in Sydney | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | a family in Sydney not said here | the Year fireworks | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firework=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.
Sentence 2: What is the best plan for their nervous dog?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 dog | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 dog | nmod:poss |
| 8 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dog | amod |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plan | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best plan for fireworks's nervous dog | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Let it run loose in the garden all evening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | loose | loose | ADV | _ | 3 run | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 garden | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 garden | det |
| 7 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 evening | det |
| 9 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | infinitive | the garden | evening | loose property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory |
Option 2
Leave it tied up alone in the yard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Leave | xcomp |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 tied | compound:prt |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 yard | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 yard | det |
| 8 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | in the yard; alone property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | tie up | participle | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Keep it indoors with doors and windows shut and someone calm nearby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | indoors | indoors | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 doors | case |
| 5 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 windows | cc |
| 7 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 doors | conj |
| 8 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 calm | cc |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 calm | nsubj |
| 11 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shut | conj |
| 12 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | with doors and windows; indoors, nearby, shut property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Take it along to the fireworks so it gets used to the bangs and stops being frightened
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | along | along | ADV | _ | 1 Take | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 fireworks | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fireworks | det |
| 6 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Take | obl |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 gets | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | advcl |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 gets | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 bangs | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bangs | det |
| 13 | bangs | bang | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 used | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 stops | cc |
| 15 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 gets | conj |
| 16 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 frightened | aux:pass |
| 17 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 stops | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | it | the fireworks | along property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to firework=Destination | ||
| 2 | get | present | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | use | participle | to the bangs | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | stop | present | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 5 | frighten | gerund · passive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
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