Test 2 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye
A boy in Atlanta says that dogs do not have feelings, so it does not matter if his dog is alone all day. What is wrong with this?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, dogs, it, dog · What happens: say, not have, not matter, be · To what, where: feelings, day · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy in Atlanta says that dogs do not have feelings, so it does not matter if his dog is alone all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Atlanta | case |
| 4 | Atlanta | Atlanta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 have | mark |
| 7 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 have | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 have | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 have | advmod |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 11 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 have | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 matter | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 matter | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 matter | nsubj |
| 15 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 matter | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 matter | advmod |
| 17 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 24 day | mark |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 dog | nmod:poss |
| 20 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 day | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 day | cop |
| 22 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 24 day | advmod |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 day | det |
| 24 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 matter | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy in Atlanta | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not have | present · do-support | dogs | feelings | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not matter | present · do-support | it | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | boy's dog | all day | alone property | tree rules |
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 wrong with this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with this; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Dogs prefer being alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | nsubj |
| 2 | prefer | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 alone | cop |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 prefer | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prefer | present | Dogs | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | alone property | tree rules |
Option 2
Dogs only care about food, so they never miss anybody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 care | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 care | advmod |
| 3 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 food | case |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 miss | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 miss | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 miss | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 miss | advmod |
| 10 | miss | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 care | conj |
| 11 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 miss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | Dogs | about food | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about food=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not miss | present | Dogs = dog | anybody | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anybody=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Dogs bond with their families, miss them and get bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bond | nsubj |
| 2 | bond | bond | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 families | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 families | nmod:poss |
| 5 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bond | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 miss | punct |
| 7 | miss | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 bond | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 miss | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 get | cc |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 bond | conj |
| 11 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bond | present | Dogs | with Dogs's families | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with family=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | miss | present | Dogs not said here | Dogs = dog | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | get | infinitive | Dogs not said here | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, he is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 right | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | right property | tree rules |
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