Test 8 · ★ · Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies
Sashko's cousin calls the puppy "tsutsyk" and strokes it. Is it a telling-off word?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, puppy · What happens: call, stroke, be · To what, where: puppy, off word · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 21 «Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies» of the Ukrainian street 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: Sashko's cousin calls the puppy "tsutsyk" and strokes it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sashko | case |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 puppy | det |
| 6 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 tsutsyk | punct |
| 8 | tsutsyk | tsutsyk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puppy | appos |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 tsutsyk | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 strokes | cc |
| 11 | strokes | stroke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calls | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 strokes | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Sashko's cousin | the puppy | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent puppy=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | stroke | present | Sashko's cousin not said here | puppy | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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 a telling-off word?
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 | 7 word | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 word | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 4 | telling | telling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 off | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 telling | punct |
| 6 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | compound |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | puppy | a off word | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's a loving word for a puppy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 word | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 word | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 puppy | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 puppy | det |
| 10 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a loving word | for a puppy | tree rules |
Option 2
No, it's the word for a little kitten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 word | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 word | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 kitten | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kitten | det |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 kitten | amod |
| 10 | kitten | kitten | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the word | for a little kitten | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it means "bad dog" when you scold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 dog | punct |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dog | amod |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 dog | punct |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 scold | advmod |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 scold | nsubj |
| 11 | scold | scold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | bad dog | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic | ||||
| 2 | scold | present | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, it's what you shout for "go away"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 what | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | cop |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 shout | nsubj |
| 7 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 go | case |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 shout | ccomp |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 go | advmod |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | you | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go away in a quote | infinitive | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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