Test 8 · Getting old: how long people and animals live A Texan uncle says, «Y'all, that old dog's fixin' to sleep the whole day again.» («Fixin' to» means «about to».) Why is the dog sleeping so much?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Texan uncle, Fixin, dog · What happens: say, sleep, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» 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: A Texan uncle says, «Y'all, that old dog's fixin' to sleep the whole day again.»
det amod nsubj punct punct ccomp punct det amod nmod:poss case appos punct mark advcl det amod obl:unmarked advmod punct punct root A DET Texan ADJ uncle NOUN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Y'all PRON , PUNCT that DET old ADJ dog NOUN 's PART fixin NOUN ' PUNCT to PART sleep VERB the DET whole ADJ day NOUN again ADV . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 uncle det 2 Texan texan ADJ Degree=Pos 3 uncle amod 3 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Y'all punct 6 « « PUNCT _ 7 Y'all punct 7 Y'all y'all PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 says ccomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 fixin punct 9 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 dog det 10 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 11 dog amod 11 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 13 fixin nmod:poss 12 's 's PART _ 11 dog case 13 fixin fixin NOUN Number=Sing 7 Y'all appos 14 ' ' PUNCT _ 13 fixin punct 15 to to PART _ 16 sleep mark 16 sleep sleep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says advcl 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 day det 18 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 19 day amod 19 day day NOUN Number=Sing 16 sleep obl:unmarked 20 again again ADV _ 16 sleep advmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct 22 » » PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Texan uncle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 sleep in a quote to-infinitive a Texan uncle not said here again; day vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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: («Fixin' to» means «about to».)
punct punct nsubj punct flat punct punct obj fixed punct punct punct root ( PUNCT « PUNCT Fixin PROPN ' PUNCT to PART » PUNCT means VERB « PUNCT about ADV to PART » PUNCT . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 means punct 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 3 Fixin Fixin PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 5 to to PART _ 3 Fixin flat 6 » » PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 « « PUNCT _ 9 about punct 9 about about ADV _ 7 means obj 10 to to PART _ 9 about fixed 11 » » PUNCT _ 9 about punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Fixin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent about=Topic
Sentence 3: Why is the dog sleeping so much?
advmod aux det nsubj advmod advmod punct root Why ADV is AUX the DET dog NOUN sleeping VERB so ADV much ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 sleeping advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sleeping aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 dog det 4 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 5 sleeping nsubj 5 sleeping sleep VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 so so ADV _ 7 much advmod 7 much much ADV _ 5 sleeping advmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 sleeping punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sleep present · progressive the dog vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Old dogs sleep because they are bored of people
amod nsubj mark nsubj:pass aux:pass advcl case obl root Old ADJ dogs NOUN sleep VERB because SCONJ they PRON are AUX bored VERB of ADP people NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Old old ADJ Degree=Pos 2 dogs amod 2 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 3 sleep nsubj 3 sleep sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 because because SCONJ _ 7 bored mark 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 bored nsubj:pass 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 bored aux:pass 7 bored bore VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 sleep advcl 8 of of ADP _ 9 people case 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 bored obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sleep present Old dogs vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 bore present · passive dogs = dog of people vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Old dogs sleep more and slow down as they age
amod nsubj obj cc conj compound:prt mark nsubj advcl root Old ADJ dogs NOUN sleep VERB more ADJ and CCONJ slow VERB down ADP as SCONJ they PRON age VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Old old ADJ Degree=Pos 2 dogs amod 2 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 3 sleep nsubj 3 sleep sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 sleep obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 slow cc 6 slow slow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sleep conj 7 down down ADP _ 6 slow compound:prt 8 as as SCONJ _ 10 age mark 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 age nsubj 10 age age VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 slow advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sleep present Old dogs more vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme 2 slow down present Old dogs not said here vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 age present dogs = dog vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 3 Sleeping makes dogs grow younger
nsubj obj xcomp xcomp root Sleeping NOUN makes VERB dogs NOUN grow VERB younger ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sleeping sleeping NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 2 makes obj 4 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 makes xcomp 5 younger young ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 grow xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Sleeping dogs tree rules 2 grow infinitive dogs not said here young property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 The dog is lazy and needs a telling-off
det nsubj cop cc conj det compound punct obj root The DET dog NOUN is AUX lazy ADJ and CCONJ needs VERB a DET telling NOUN - PUNCT off NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 dog det 2 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 4 lazy nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 lazy cop 4 lazy lazy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 needs cc 6 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 lazy conj 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 off det 8 telling telling NOUN Number=Sing 10 off compound 9 - - PUNCT _ 8 telling punct 10 off off NOUN Number=Sing 6 needs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the dog lazy property tree rules 2 need present the dog not said here a telling off vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot off=Theme
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