Test 11 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…

A cartoon dog says, "I'm 7 in dog years because I'm 1!" Fix the joke.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon dog, you · What happens: say, be, fix · To what, where: 7, 1, joke · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 128 «Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" myth» of the world 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 dog says, "I'm 7 in dog years because I'm 1!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 7	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 7	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 7	nsubj
8	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 7	cop
9	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 says	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 years	case
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 years	compound
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 7	nmod
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 1	mark
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 1	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 1	cop
16	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 says	dep
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	a cartoon dog			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	a cartoon dog = dog	7	year	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	a cartoon dog = dog	1		tree rules

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: Fix the joke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 joke	det
3	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fix	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	imperative	you not said here	the joke					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent joke=Patient

The options

Option 1

A 1-year-old dog is still a tiny newborn puppy, eyes shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	1-year-old	1-year-old	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 puppy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 puppy	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	9 puppy	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 puppy	det
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 puppy	amod
8	newborn	newborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 puppy	amod
9	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 eyes	punct
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 puppy	conj
12	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 eyes	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a 1-year-old dog	a tiny newborn puppy and eyes			still		tree rules
2	shut	participle		eyes not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A 1-year-old dog is more like a 70-year-old grandparent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	1-year-old	1-year-old	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 more	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 dog	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	13 grandparent	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 grandparent	det
8	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 year	nummod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 70	punct
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 old	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 year	punct
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 grandparent	amod
13	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						more property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A 1-year-old dog is more like a 15-year-old person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	1-year-old	1-year-old	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 more	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 dog	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	13 person	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
8	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 year	nummod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 15	punct
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 old	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 year	punct
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 person	amod
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						more property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A 1-year-old dog is more like a 1-year-old person, a toddler

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	1-year-old	1-year-old	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 person	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 person	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 person	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
8	1-year-old	1-year-old	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	compound
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 toddler	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 toddler	det
12	toddler	toddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a 1-year-old dog					like a 1-year-old person and a toddler	tree rules

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