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Test 2 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

A dog in the park is wagging stiffly, staring, with ears flat. Is it safe to stroke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, it · What happens: wag, stare, be, stroke

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths 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 dog in the park is wagging stiffly, staring, with ears flat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wagging	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 park	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wagging	aux
7	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	stiffly	stiffly	ADV	_	7 wagging	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 staring	punct
10	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 wagging	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ears	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 ears	case
13	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 staring	obl
14	flat	flat	ADV	_	10 staring	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wagging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	present · progressive	a dog in the park					stiffly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	stare	gerund	a dog in the park not said here					with ears; flat property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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: Is it safe to stroke?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 safe	nsubj
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stroke	mark
5	stroke	stroke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 safe	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 safe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					safe property	tree rules
2	stroke	to-infinitive							vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only if you stroke its tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 stroke	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 stroke	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 stroke	nsubj
4	stroke	stroke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stroke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stroke	present	you	its tail					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Not without asking; a wag with tense body can mean nervous or warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 asking	advmod
2	without	without	SCONJ	_	3 asking	mark
3	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 mean	csubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 wag	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wag	det
6	wag	wag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asking	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 body	case
8	tense	tense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 body	amod
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wag	nmod
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 mean	aux
11	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mean	xcomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 warning	cc
14	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nervous	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	gerund		a wag with tense body					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	can	asking					nervous property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, any wag means happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 wag	det
4	wag	wag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	any wag					happy property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, if you run at it quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 run	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 run	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 run	nsubj
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 run	obl
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	you			it		quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at it=Trajectory

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