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Test 5 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care

While brushing his dog, a boy in Vermont feels a small round lump stuck to its skin. Why is it good that he noticed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: brush, feel, stick, be, notice · To what, where: dog, small round lump

This is test 5 · ★ 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: While brushing his dog, a boy in Vermont feels a small round lump stuck to its skin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	While	while	SCONJ	_	2 brushing	mark
2	brushing	brush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 feels	advcl
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dog	nmod:poss
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brushing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 brushing	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feels	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Vermont	case
9	Vermont	Vermont	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 boy	nmod
10	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lump	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lump	amod
13	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lump	amod
14	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feels	obj
15	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 lump	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 skin	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 skin	nmod:poss
18	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stuck	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brush	gerund	a boy in Vermont not said here		his dog				vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Destination
2	feel	present	a boy in Vermont	a small round lump					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lump=Theme
3	stick	participle		a small round lump not said here				to lump's skin	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to skin=Co-Patient

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: Why is it good that he noticed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 good	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 good	expl
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 noticed	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 noticed	nsubj
7	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 good	advcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						good property	tree rules
2	notice	past	boy						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

The options

Option 1

It shows the brush is too hard

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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brush	det
4	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hard	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hard	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 hard	advmod
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the brush					hard property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It may be a tick, and brushing helps find ticks and lumps

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	5 tick	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 tick	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 tick	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tick	det
5	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 helps	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 helps	cc
8	brushing	brushing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 helps	nsubj
9	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tick	acl:relcl
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 helps	xcomp
11	ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 find	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 lumps	cc
13	lumps	lump	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ticks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	may	It	a tick					tree rules
2	help	present	brushing	a tick not said here					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent tick=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	find	infinitive	a tick not said here	ticks and lumps					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tick=Topic

Option 3

Brushing makes lumps go away by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brushing	brush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lumps	lump	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 itself	case
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brush	gerund							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		lumps				by itself = it	tree rules
3	go away	infinitive	lumps not said here					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Lumps mean the dog needs a lot more brushing every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lumps	lump	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mean	nsubj
2	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	nsubj
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mean	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	obj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 brushing	advmod
9	brushing	brush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 needs	advcl
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brushing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Lumps						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present	the dog	a lot					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lot=Theme
3	brush	gerund	the dog not said here				day		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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