Test 6 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet
A girl wants a dog but her family is away from home all day and travels often. What is the wise thing to think about first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, family, wise thing · What happens: want, be, travel, think · To what, where: dog, home
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: A girl wants a dog but her family is away from home all day and travels often.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 away | cc |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 family | nmod:poss |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 away | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 away | cop |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 wants | conj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 home | case |
| 12 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 away | obl |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 travels | cc |
| 16 | travels | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wants | conj |
| 17 | often | often | ADV | _ | 16 travels | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | a dog | day | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | girl's family | home | away property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | travel | present | a girl not said here | often property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 wise thing to think about first?
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 thing | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 think | mark |
| 7 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 first | case |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 think | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | the wise thing not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about first=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Who will care for the dog every day and when they travel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 care | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 care | aux |
| 3 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 dog | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | obl |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 travel | cc |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 travel | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 travel | nsubj |
| 12 | travel | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 care | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | future | day | for the dog | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for dog=Theme | ||||
| 2 | travel | present | they | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
How quickly they can get a dog this week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 quickly | advmod |
| 2 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 week | det |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | they | a dog | week | quickly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus |
Option 3
Whether the dog can be left alone for days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 6 left | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 left | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 left | aux:pass |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 left | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 days | case |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | can · passive | the dog | day | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Which breed looks the best in photos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 breed | det |
| 2 | breed | breed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 best | det |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 looks | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 photos | case |
| 7 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | which breed | in photos | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in photo=Theme |
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