Test 8 · ★★ · The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye
A cartoon shows a vet giving a dog a needle and the dog waking up as a ghost in a bubble. What is the truthful correction?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, vet, dog, truthful correction · What happens: show, give, wake up, be · To what, where: vet, needle, dog, bubble
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» 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 cartoon shows a vet giving a dog a needle and the dog waking up as a ghost in a bubble.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vet | det |
| 5 | vet | vet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 vet | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 giving | obj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 needle | det |
| 10 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 giving | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 dog | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 dog | det |
| 13 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 needle | conj |
| 14 | waking | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 dog | acl |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 waking | compound:prt |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 ghost | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 ghost | det |
| 18 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 waking | obl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 bubble | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 bubble | det |
| 21 | bubble | bubble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 waking | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a vet | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vet=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund | a vet not said here | a needle and the dog | a dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient needle=Theme | |||
| 3 | wake up | gerund | the dog not said here | a bubble | as a ghost | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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: What is the truthful correction?
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 | 5 correction | det |
| 4 | truthful | truthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 correction | amod |
| 5 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truthful correction | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Dogs come back as ghosts after a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 come | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 ghosts | case |
| 5 | ghosts | ghost | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | obl |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 week | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 week | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present | Dogs | week | as ghosts | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Dogs wake up as puppies after the needle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wake | nsubj |
| 2 | wake | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 wake | compound:prt |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 puppies | case |
| 5 | puppies | puppy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wake | obl |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 needle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 needle | det |
| 8 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wake | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | present | Dogs | after the needle | as puppies | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The dog dies peacefully and does not wake up as anything
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 | 3 dies | nsubj |
| 3 | dies | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 3 dies | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wake | cc |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 wake | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 wake | advmod |
| 8 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dies | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 wake | compound:prt |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 anything | case |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 wake | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | the dog | peacefully property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | not wake up | present · do-support | the dog not said here | as anything | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
That is exactly what happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 what | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | cop |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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