Test 4 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet
At a barbecue, a guest gives a dog leftovers with onions and grapes. Why should the children stop this?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: guest, children · What happens: give, stop · To what, where: dog leftovers, barbecue, this
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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: At a barbecue, a guest gives a dog leftovers with onions and grapes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 barbecue | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 barbecue | det |
| 3 | barbecue | barbecue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 barbecue | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 guest | det |
| 6 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gives | nsubj |
| 7 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 leftovers | det |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 leftovers | compound |
| 10 | leftovers | leftover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gives | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 onions | case |
| 12 | onions | onion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 leftovers | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 grapes | cc |
| 14 | grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 onions | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | a guest | a dog leftovers | a barbecue | with onions and grapes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent leftover=Theme at barbecue=Asset |
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 should the children stop this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 stop | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 children | det |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 stop | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | the children | this | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector this=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Dogs prefer sweets to onions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | nsubj |
| 2 | prefer | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 onions | case |
| 5 | onions | onion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prefer | present | Dogs | sweets | to onions | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus |
Option 2
It will make the dog much too thirsty on a hot day
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 make | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 8 thirsty | advmod |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 thirsty | advmod |
| 8 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 day | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 day | det |
| 11 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 day | amod |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thirsty | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | It | the dog | thirsty property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material dog=Product |
Option 3
Dogs never eat food from barbecues
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 eat | advmod |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eat | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 barbecues | case |
| 6 | barbecues | barbecue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | present | Dogs | food | barbecues | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Onions and grapes can make dogs very ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onions | onion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 grapes | cc |
| 3 | grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Onions | conj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 ill | advmod |
| 8 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | Onions and grapes | dogs | ill property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product |
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