Test 11 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

dogs scratching like mad all week, prob nothing

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dogs · What happens: scratch, prob · To what, where: nothing

This is test 11 · ★ 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	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 prob	nsubj
2	scratching	scratch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 dogs	acl
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 mad	case
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 scratching	obl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scratching	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prob	punct
8	prob	prob	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 prob	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	gerund	dogs not said here				week	like mad	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prob	infinitive	dogs	nothing					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

He may have fleas, tell an adult for treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 treatment	case
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	may	He	fleas					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	He not said here		a adult			for treatment	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

He is just bored, give him a new chewy toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bored	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bored	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 bored	advmod
4	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bored	parataxis
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 give	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 toy	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 toy	amod
10	chewy	chewy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 toy	amod
11	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					bored property	tree rules
2	give	infinitive		a new chewy toy	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient toy=Theme

Option 3

Scratching is normal, ignore it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scratching	scratching	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ignore	punct
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	parataxis
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ignore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Scratching					normal property	tree rules
2	ignore	infinitive		Scratching					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He needs more baths with soap every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 baths	amod
4	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needs	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 soap	case
6	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	He	more baths			day	with soap	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bath=Theme

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