Test 17 · ★ · Facing fears

Ruby says her cousin got chased by a dog a mile down the road n it was like a wolf, foaming at the mouth

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, dog, cousin · What happens: say, chase, be, foam · To what, where: cousin, mouth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cousin	nmod:poss
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chased	aux:pass
6	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mile	det
11	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	parataxis
12	down	down	ADP	_	14 road	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mile	nmod
15	n	n	SCONJ	_	20 wolf	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 wolf	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 wolf	cop
18	like	like	ADP	_	20 wolf	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 wolf	det
20	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	advcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 foaming	punct
22	foaming	foam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 says	advcl
23	at	at	ADP	_	25 mouth	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 mouth	det
25	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 foaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ruby				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	chase	past · passive	a dog	Ruby's cousin			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	is	past	cousin			like a wolf	tree rules
4	foam	gerund	Ruby not said here		the mouth		vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at mouth=Location

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

Always run as fast as you can from any barking dog, even if it is behind a gate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 run	advmod
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 run	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 can	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 can	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fast	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 dog	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 dog	det
10	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 dog	amod
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gate	punct
13	even	even	ADV	_	19 gate	advmod
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 gate	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 gate	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 gate	cop
17	behind	behind	ADP	_	19 gate	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 gate	det
19	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here		from any barking dog; always, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from dog=Trajectory
2	bark	gerund				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	dog	a gate		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Walk past a barking dog slowly without staring or running; the wolf and foam bits are likely blown up

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	past	past	ADP	_	5 dog	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dog	det
4	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dog	amod
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 staring	mark
8	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walk	advcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 running	cc
10	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 staring	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 blown	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wolf	det
13	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bits	compound
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 foam	cc
15	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wolf	conj
16	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 blown	nsubj:pass
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 blown	aux:pass
18	likely	likely	ADV	_	19 blown	advmod
19	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Walk	conj
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here		past a barking dog; slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past dog=Trajectory
2	bark	gerund				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stare	gerund	you not said here			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	run	gerund	you not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	blow up	present · passive		wolf bits	likely property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Stare the dog straight in the eyes to show who is boss, then it will run off scared

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stare	obj
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	1 Stare	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eyes	det
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stare	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 show	mark
9	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stare	advcl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 boss	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 boss	cop
12	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 show	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 run	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 run	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 run	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 run	aux
17	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stare	conj
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 run	compound:prt
19	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 run	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	imperative	you not said here	the dog	the eyes		straight property	tree rules
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		boss				tree rules
4	run off	future	dog			then	scared property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It must be true, all barking dogs are rabid

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	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rabid	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 dogs	det
7	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 dogs	amod
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rabid	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rabid	cop
10	rabid	rabid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	must	It	true property	tree rules
2	bark	gerund			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	all barking dogs	rabid property	tree rules

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