Test 19 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

Ellie's family gave their dog to a shelter and people say they're heartless, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, people · What happens: give, say, be, pass on · To what, where: dog, shelter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 family	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ellie	case
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dog	nmod:poss
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 shelter	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shelter	det
9	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 say	cc
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 heartless	nsubj
14	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 heartless	cop
15	heartless	heartless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 say	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 pass	punct
17	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gave	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 pass	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	17 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	past	Ellie's family	their dog	a shelter		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Theme to shelter=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	people				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	people			heartless property	tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive	Ellie's family not said here	dog			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Pass it on, so nobody trusts them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 trusts	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 trusts	advmod
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 trusts	nsubj
7	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 trusts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	trust	present	nobody	them = they					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; finding a pet a new home through a shelter is the responsible choice

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 finding	punct
7	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 choice	csubj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pet	det
9	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finding	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 home	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 home	amod
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finding	xcomp
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 shelter	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 shelter	det
15	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finding	obl
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 choice	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 choice	det
18	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 choice	amod
19	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pass	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	find	gerund		a pet	a shelter	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Topic
3	is a	present	finding	the responsible choice		tree rules

Option 3

Pass it on, and say the dog cried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cried	nsubj
9	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cry speech: express	past	the dog		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Pass it on, because anyone who gives up their dog is heartless and everybody should know about it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 heartless	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 heartless	mark
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 heartless	nsubj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 anyone	acl:relcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 gives	compound:prt
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dog	nmod:poss
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 heartless	cop
13	heartless	heartless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pass	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 know	cc
15	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 know	nsubj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 know	aux
17	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 heartless	conj
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	give up	present		their dog		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Source
3	is	present	anyone		heartless property	tree rules
4	know	should	everybody		about dog	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus

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