Test 21 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

my cousin said Auntie got a puppy "cos she's lonely since the break-up"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Auntie · What happens: say, get, be · To what, where: puppy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 puppy	det
7	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 puppy	punct
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 lonely	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lonely	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lonely	cop
12	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	advcl
13	since	since	ADP	_	17 up	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 up	det
15	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 up	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 up	punct
17	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lonely	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 up	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my cousin				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	Auntie	a puppy			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puppy=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	present	Auntie		since the break up	lonely 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Auntie's relationship ended and she feels lonely, so a pet keeps her company; do not tease her about it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 relationship	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Auntie	case
3	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ended	nsubj
4	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 feels	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 feels	nsubj
7	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ended	conj
8	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feels	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 keeps	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 keeps	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pet	det
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keeps	nsubj
13	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ended	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 company	nmod:poss
15	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keeps	obj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 tease	punct
17	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 tease	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 tease	advmod
19	tease	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ended	conj
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 tease	obj
21	about	about	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 tease	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	end	past	Auntie's relationship			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	feel	present	relationship		lonely property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	keep	present	a pet	pet's company		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme
4	not tease	infinitive · do-support	Auntie's relationship not said here	pet	about company	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 2

Puppies cause break-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cause	nsubj
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ups	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 break	punct
5	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	Puppies	break ups					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition up=Patient

Option 3

She broke something and the puppy is a gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 broke	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gift	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 puppy	det
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gift	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 gift	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gift	det
9	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 something	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	She	something					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Patient
2	is a	present	the puppy	a gift					tree rules

Option 4

It means the puppy is broken

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 puppy	det
4	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	aux:pass
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp

#	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	break	present · passive		the puppy					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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