Test 17 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

someone said if ur dog even sniffs a slug pellet it dies instantly, true??

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, dog · What happens: say, sniff, die · To what, where: slug pellet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 sniffs	mark
4	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dog	nmod:poss
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sniffs	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 sniffs	advmod
7	sniffs	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 dies	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pellet	det
9	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pellet	compound
10	pellet	pellet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sniffs	obj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dies	nsubj
12	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
13	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	12 dies	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dies	xcomp
16	??	??	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	someone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sniff a condition, not said to happen	present	ur's dog	a slug pellet		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pellet=Theme
3	die	present	dog		instantly, true property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

False, slug pellets are safe for all pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pellets	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pellets	compound
4	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 pets	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 pets	det
9	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	False slug pellets					for all pets; safe property	tree rules

Option 2

True, but only if the dog is a puppy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 puppy	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 puppy	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 puppy	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	10 puppy	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 puppy	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 puppy	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 puppy	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 puppy	det
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the dog	a True puppy					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

True, it dies the very second it sniffs one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dies	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dies	nsubj
4	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 second	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 second	advmod
7	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 sniffs	nsubj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sniffs	nsubj
9	sniffs	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dies	advcl
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 sniffs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	it						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	sniff	present	the second	one					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Probably exaggerated, but slug pellets can make dogs very sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Probably	probably	ADV	_	2 exaggerated	advmod
2	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 make	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 make	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
5	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pellets	compound
6	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 sick	advmod
11	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exaggerate	participle	slug pellets not said here					probably property	tree rules
2	make	can	slug pellets	dogs				sick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dog=Product

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