Test 15 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

puppy's chewing everything cos nobody walks him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nobody · What happens: chew, walk · To what, where: everything, puppy

This is test 15 · ★ 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	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chewing	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 puppy	case
3	chewing	chew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 chewing	obj
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	7 walks	mark
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 walks	nsubj
7	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chewing	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 walks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	gerund		everything					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient
2	walk	present	nobody	puppy					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent

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

Shut him in a small room on his own all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shut	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 room	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 room	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 room	amod
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shut	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shut	obl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shut	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	imperative	you not said here	him = he		a small room	day	on his own	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Give him away tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod
4	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	imperative	you not said here		him = he		tomorrow	away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He needs walks and play, ask the family to share it

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	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needs	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 play	cc
5	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walks	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 needs	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 share	mark
11	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ask	xcomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	He	walks and play	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive		the family	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent family=Recipient clause=Topic
3	share not said to happen	to-infinitive	the family not said here	family	tree rules

Option 4

Just shout at him really loud every time he chews stuff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 shout	advmod
2	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shout	obl
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 loud	advmod
6	loud	loud	ADV	_	2 shout	advmod
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chews	obl:unmarked
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chews	nsubj
10	chews	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shout	advcl
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chews	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					at him = he; loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	chew	present	he	stuff			time		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient

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