Test 9 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

Why should a new pet and the family's old pet meet slowly with an adult watching?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: new pet, adult · What happens: meet, watch

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 meet	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 meet	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pet	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pet	amod
5	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 meet	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pet	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pet	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 family	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pet	amod
11	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pet	conj
12	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	12 meet	advmod
14	with	with	SCONJ	_	17 watching	mark
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watching	nsubj
17	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 meet	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 meet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	should	a new pet and the family's old pet					slowly property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	watch	gerund	a adult						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=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

New pets need to show they are the boss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pets	amod
2	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 boss	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 boss	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boss	det
9	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	New pets		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	New pets not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	pets = pet	the boss	tree rules

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

Animals can feel jealous or scared of newcomers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feel	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feel	xcomp
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 scared	cc
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 jealous	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 newcomers	case
8	newcomers	newcomer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	Animals					jealous property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

It saves time on the very first day

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 saves	nsubj
2	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saves	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 day	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 first	advmod
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present	It				day; time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Old pets always love new pets at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pets	amod
2	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 love	advmod
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pets	amod
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 love	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Old pets	new pets				always property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus

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