Test 3 · ★ · Animals

Sister: "Can we get a hamster? I'll look after it — well, for a week anyway." What is the most honest answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, I, honest answer · What happens: get, look, be · To what, where: hamster

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» of the religion ethics 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: Sister: "Can we get a hamster?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
4	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Sister	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hamster	det
8	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Sister	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	can	we	a hamster					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hamster=Stimulus

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: I'll look after it — well, for a week anyway."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 look	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 look	aux
3	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 look	obl
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 well	punct
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 look	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 week	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 week	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 look	obl:unmarked
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 week	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	future	I				after hamster; week	well property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 3: What is the most honest answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 honest	advmod
5	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Fine, and after a week we can just take it back to the pet shop for a refund

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 take	cc
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 week	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 take	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 take	aux
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 take	advmod
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fine	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 take	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	10 take	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 shop	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shop	det
15	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shop	compound
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 back	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 refund	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 refund	det
19	refund	refund	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	can	we	it			week	for a refund	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for refund=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A hamster needs care every day for its whole life, not just a week

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hamster	det
2	hamster	hamster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obl:unmarked
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 life	amod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 week	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 week	advmod
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 week	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 week	det
15	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a hamster	care			day	for hamster's whole life	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme

Option 3

Fine, hamsters can look after themselves anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hamsters	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 look	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 themselves	case
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 look	obl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	can	Fine hamsters				after hamsters = hamster	anyway property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Fine, we can keep it in a box under the bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	csubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 keep	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 box	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	can	we	it		a box		under the bed	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in box=Location

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