Test 8 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility
A family moves house and is told they cannot take their dog. What is the responsible choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, they, responsible choice · What happens: move, tell, not take, be · To what, where: house, dog · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A family moves house and is told they cannot take their dog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moves | nsubj |
| 3 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moves | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 told | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | aux:pass |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 moves | conj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 take | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 take | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 take | advmod |
| 11 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 told | ccomp |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 dog | nmod:poss |
| 13 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 take | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | a family | house | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | a family not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not take | can | they | their dog | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument dog=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: What is the responsible choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | responsible | responsible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the responsible choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Find it a new home through a shelter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Find | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 home | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 home | amod |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obj |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 shelter | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shelter | det |
| 8 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | it | a shelter | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme home=Attribute |
Option 2
Tie it to a tree near the new house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tie | tie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tie | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 tree | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tie | obl |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 9 house | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 house | amod |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | imperative | you not said here | it | the new house | to a tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to tree=Co-Patient |
Option 3
Leave it behind in the empty house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 6 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 house | amod |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | the empty house | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in house=Location |
Option 4
Drive it far away and let it out on a quiet road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drive | drive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Drive | obj |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Drive | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 let | cc |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Drive | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 let | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 let | compound:prt |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 road | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 road | det |
| 11 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 road | amod |
| 12 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | imperative | you not said here | it | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | let out | infinitive | you not said here | it | a quiet road | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme on road=Asset |
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