Test 10 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

gonna get my nan a puppy as a surprise for her bday 🎁

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: get · To what, where: nan

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 get	dep
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nan	nmod:poss
4	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 puppy	det
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 surprise	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 surprise	det
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 bday	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bday	nmod:poss
12	bday	bday	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surprise	nmod
13	🎁	🎁	PUNCT	_	2 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	my nan				as a surprise for puppy's bday	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent nan=Beneficiary 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if the puppy is very small and quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 small	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 small	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 small	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 puppy	det
5	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 small	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 small	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 small	advmod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 quiet	cc
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 small	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the puppy					small property	tree rules
2	be		the puppy not said here						tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if you add a nice big bow round its neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 add	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 add	nsubj
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bow	det
7	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bow	amod
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bow	amod
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 add	obj
10	round	round	ADP	_	12 neck	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 neck	nmod:poss
12	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 add	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present	you	a nice big bow				round bow's neck	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, a pet should never be a surprise gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 gift	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pet	det
4	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gift	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 gift	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 gift	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 gift	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gift	det
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gift	compound
10	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	should	a pet	a surprise gift					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, a puppy is the best surprise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 surprise	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 puppy	det
4	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 surprise	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 surprise	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surprise	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 surprise	amod
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a puppy	the best surprise					tree rules

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