Test 10 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

rex always so friendly but he snapped when i touched his leg

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: rex, i · What happens: snap, touch · To what, where: leg

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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	rex	rex	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 friendly	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 friendly	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 friendly	advmod
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 snapped	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 snapped	nsubj
7	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 friendly	conj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 touched	advmod
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 touched	nsubj
10	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 snapped	advcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 leg	nmod:poss
12	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past	rex						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	touch	past	i	rex's leg					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leg=Co-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

Touch it again so he gets used to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Touch	obj
3	again	again	ADV	_	1 Touch	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 gets	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Touch	advcl
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gets	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	touch	imperative	you not said here	it		again	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	get	present	he				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	use	participle	he not said here		it		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He does not like you any more

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	4 like	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 like	obj
6	any	any	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 like	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	He	you					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme

Option 3

He is just being naughty, tell him off loudly

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	5 naughty	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 naughty	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 naughty	advmod
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 naughty	cop
5	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 naughty	parataxis
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tell	iobj
9	off	off	ADP	_	7 tell	compound:prt
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					naughty property	tree rules
2	tell off speech: assert	infinitive			him = he			loudly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He may be in pain, stop and tell an adult

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	5 pain	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pain	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 pain	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 pain	case
5	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pain	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stop	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	is	may	He		pain	tree rules
2	stop	infinitive				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

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