Test 1 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals
A girl in Colorado is told a certain fluffy dog breed is safe for her allergy. What should she know?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: certain fluffy dog breed, girl · What happens: tell, be, know · To what, where: girl · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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 girl in Colorado is told a certain fluffy dog breed is safe for her allergy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 told | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Colorado | case |
| 4 | Colorado | Colorado | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 told | aux:pass |
| 6 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 breed | det |
| 8 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 breed | amod |
| 9 | fluffy | fluffy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 breed | amod |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 breed | compound |
| 11 | breed | breed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 safe | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 safe | cop |
| 13 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 told | ccomp |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 allergy | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 allergy | nmod:poss |
| 16 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 safe | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | a girl in Colorado | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a certain fluffy dog breed | for girl's allergy; safe 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 should she know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | should | girl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
That breed can never cause sneezing or itchy eyes in anyone, ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 breed | det |
| 2 | breed | breed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cause | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cause | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 cause | advmod |
| 5 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | sneezing | sneezing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cause | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 eyes | cc |
| 8 | itchy | itchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 eyes | amod |
| 9 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sneezing | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 anyone | case |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 cause | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ever | punct |
| 13 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 cause | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cause | can | that breed | sneezing or itchy eyes | anyone | ever | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sneezing=Patient |
Option 2
Allergies only come from cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allergies | allergy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 cats | case |
| 5 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Allergies | from cats | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cat=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Fluffy dogs never have proteins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fluffy | fluffy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dogs | amod |
| 2 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | proteins | protein | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present | Fluffy dogs | proteins | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protein=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Some breeds shed less, but no dog is completely allergy-free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 breeds | det |
| 2 | breeds | breed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shed | nsubj |
| 3 | shed | shed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 shed | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 free | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 free | cc |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 free | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 free | cop |
| 10 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 13 free | advmod |
| 11 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 free | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 allergy | punct |
| 13 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shed | past | some breeds | less property | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||
| 2 | is | present | no dog | completely, free property | tree rules |
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