Test 17 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

heard someone got a puppy for Christmas and by February they dumped it on the motorway

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, Christmas · What happens: hear, get, dump · To what, where: puppy, motorway · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	ccomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 puppy	det
5	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Christmas	case
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 February	cc
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 February	case
10	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Christmas	conj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dumped	nsubj
12	dumped	dump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dumped	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 motorway	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 motorway	det
16	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dumped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past		a puppy		for Christmas and February	tree rules
2	get	past	someone				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	dump	past	Christmas	puppy	the motorway		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme on motorway=Trajectory

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

Real lesson: a pet is not a surprise gift, and abandoning a pet is cruel and against the law

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 gift	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pet	det
5	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gift	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gift	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 gift	advmod
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	2 lesson	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cruel	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cruel	cc
13	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 cruel	csubj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pet	det
15	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 abandoning	obj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cruel	cop
17	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gift	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 law	cc
19	against	against	ADP	_	21 law	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 law	det
21	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cruel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	a pet	a surprise gift		tree rules
2	abandon	gerund		a pet		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme pet=Source
3	is	present	abandoning		cruel property	tree rules

Option 2

Real lesson: puppies are only for summer, and in winter it is fine to let them go wherever you like

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 summer	punct
4	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 summer	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 summer	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 summer	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 summer	case
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lesson	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fine	cc
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 winter	case
12	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fine	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fine	expl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 let	mark
17	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 fine	csubj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 let	obj
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 let	xcomp
20	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	22 like	advmod
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 like	nsubj
22	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	puppies			for summer	tree rules
2	is	present			winter	fine property	tree rules
3	let	to-infinitive		puppies = puppy			tree rules
4	go	infinitive	puppies = puppy not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	like	present	you			wherever property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

It is gossip, so abandoning a pet is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
6	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fine	csubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pet	det
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abandoning	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip		tree rules
2	abandon	gerund		a pet		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme pet=Source
3	is	present	abandoning	gossip not said here	fine property	tree rules

Option 4

It proves Christmas pets are always dumped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pets	compound
4	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dumped	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dumped	aux:pass
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 dumped	advmod
7	dumped	dump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	dump	present · passive		Christmas pets				always property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination

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