Test 20 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

overheard mum: "they're getting divorced and fighting over who keeps the dog"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: overhear, get, fight, keep · To what, where: mum, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ 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	overheard	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 overheard	obj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 overheard	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 getting	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 getting	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 getting	aux
7	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 overheard	ccomp
8	divorced	divorced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 getting	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fighting	cc
10	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 getting	conj
11	over	over	SCONJ	_	13 keeps	mark
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 keeps	nsubj
13	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fighting	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dog	det
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keeps	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 getting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	overhear	past		mum		tree rules
2	get in a quote	present · progressive	they		divorced property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	fight in a quote	gerund	they not said here			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	keep in a quote	present		the dog		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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

The dog will be taken by the police because grown-ups are fighting about it, and it will live in a police station

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 police	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 police	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obl
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 fighting	mark
10	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 ups	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 grown	punct
12	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fighting	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fighting	aux
14	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 taken	advcl
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fighting	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 live	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 live	cc
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 live	nsubj
20	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 live	aux
21	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	parataxis
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 station	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 station	det
24	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 station	compound
25	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	future · passive	the police	the dog			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination
2	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fight	present · progressive	grown ups			about dog	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about it=Theme
4	live	future	dog		a police station		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in station=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It means the dog bit someone

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nsubj
5	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 bit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bite	past	the dog	someone					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

Option 3

The dog is getting married

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 getting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 getting	aux
4	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	the dog						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	marry	participle	the dog not said here						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The parents are ending their marriage and both want the dog; it is their business and the dog needs care either way

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parents	det
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ending	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ending	aux
4	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 needs	csubj
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 marriage	nmod:poss
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ending	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 want	cc
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 want	nsubj
9	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ending	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 want	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 business	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 business	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 business	cop
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 business	nmod:poss
16	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ending	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 dog	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 dog	det
19	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 business	conj
20	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 needs	obj
22	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	23 way	det
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 needs	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	end	present · progressive	the parents	parents's marriage		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector marriage=Eventuality
2	want	present	both	the dog		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme
3	is a	present	dog	parents's business and the dog		tree rules
4	need	present	ending	care	either way obl:unmarked	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme
5	marry		parents = parent			nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent

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