Test 18 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

my mate reckons if a pet's scratching it's just itchy from the weather, no need to do anything

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: reckon, scratch, be, do · To what, where: weather, anything

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 scratching	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pet	det
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scratching	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 pet	case
8	scratching	scratch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 reckons	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 itchy	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 itchy	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 itchy	advmod
12	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scratching	ccomp
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 weather	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 weather	det
15	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 itchy	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 need	punct
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 need	det
18	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 do	mark
20	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 need	acl
21	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my mate				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	scratch a condition, not said to happen	gerund	my mate not said here				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	mate		the weather	itchy property	tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive	my mate not said here	anything			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

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

He is right, scratching is always normal

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 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 scratching	punct
5	scratching	scratch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 right	advcl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 normal	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 normal	advmod
8	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 scratching	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	scratch	gerund	He not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	He not said here	always, normal property	tree rules

Option 2

He is right, weather makes pets itch, so it goes away by itself when the season changes, no fuss

The tree, 19 words

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 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 makes	punct
5	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	nsubj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
7	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 makes	obj
8	itch	itch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 goes	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 goes	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 goes	nsubj
12	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 goes	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 itself	case
15	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 goes	obl
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 changes	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 season	det
18	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 changes	nsubj
19	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 goes	advcl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 fuss	punct
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 fuss	det
22	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	make	present	weather	pets		tree rules
3	itch	infinitive	pets not said here			vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	go away	present	weather		by weather; away property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by itself=Location
5	change	present	the season			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He is right, bath it in cold water

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 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bath	punct
5	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bath	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bath	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	bath		bath			cold water			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not quite; constant scratching may mean fleas, so an adult gives the treatment the vet suggests

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 mean	advmod
2	quite	quite	ADV	_	7 mean	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 mean	punct
4	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 scratching	amod
5	scratching	scratching	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mean	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	aux
7	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	fleas	flea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mean	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gives	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 gives	advmod
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gives	nsubj
13	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 treatment	det
15	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gives	obj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 vet	det
17	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 suggests	nsubj
18	suggests	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 gives	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not mean	may	constant scratching	fleas	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Topic
2	give	present	a adult	the treatment	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme
3	suggest speech: suggest	present	the vet		vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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