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Test 7 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

A man sells puppies cheaply from the back of his van. Why is this a risky place to buy a pet?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, this · What happens: sell, be, buy · To what, where: puppies, back, risky place, pet

This is test 7 · ★★ 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 man sells puppies cheaply from the back of his van.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	nsubj
3	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sells	obj
5	cheaply	cheaply	ADV	_	3 sells	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 back	det
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sells	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 van	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 van	nmod:poss
11	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 back	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	a man	puppies		the back of man's van		cheaply property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=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: Why is this a risky place to buy a pet?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 place	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 place	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 place	nsubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	risky	risky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 buy	mark
8	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 place	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pet	det
10	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buy	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	a risky place					tree rules
2	buy	to-infinitive		a pet					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme

The options

Option 1

Puppies from vans are always too big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 big	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 vans	case
3	vans	van	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Puppies	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 big	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 big	advmod
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 big	advmod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Puppies from vans					always, big property	tree rules

Option 2

Cheap puppies never grow up properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 puppies	amod
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 grow	advmod
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 grow	compound:prt
6	properly	properly	ADV	_	4 grow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not grow up	present	Cheap puppies					properly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Vans are where rescue centres keep pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vans	van	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	cop
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 keep	advmod
4	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 centres	compound
5	centres	centre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Vans					keep property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pets from bad sellers are often ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ill	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 sellers	case
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sellers	amod
4	sellers	seller	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pets	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ill	cop
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 ill	advmod
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pets from bad sellers					ill, often property	tree rules

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