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Test 11 · ★ · Trick questions that catch quick thinkers

In a cartoon the dog's rope stretches like chewing gum until he reaches the bone. Put the cartoon right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, you · What happens: stretch, chew, reach, put · To what, where: cartoon, gum, bone

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» 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: In a cartoon the dog's rope stretches like chewing gum until he reaches the bone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stretches	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rope	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 dog	case
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cartoon	nmod
8	stretches	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	10 chewing	mark
10	chewing	chew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 stretches	advcl
11	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chewing	obj
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 reaches	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 reaches	nsubj
14	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stretches	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bone	det
16	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reaches	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 stretches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present				a cartoon the dog's rope			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	chew	gerund		gum					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient
3	reach	present	dog	the bone					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bone=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: Put the cartoon right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the cartoon				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal

The options

Option 1

The bone was only 3 metres away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bone	det
2	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 metres	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 metres	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 3	advmod
5	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 metres	nummod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 metres	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the bone	3 metres				away property	tree rules

Option 2

Real ropes stretch two metres easily when pulled hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ropes	amod
2	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stretch	nsubj
3	stretch	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 metres	nummod
5	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stretch	obj
6	easily	easily	ADV	_	3 stretch	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 pulled	advmod
8	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stretch	advcl
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 pulled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present	Real ropes	two metres				easily property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent metre=Patient
2	pull	participle	Real ropes not said here					hard property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nobody said the rope was tied to anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tied	aux:pass
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 said	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 anything	case
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Nobody						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tie	past · passive		the rope				to anything	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to anything=Co-Patient

Option 4

Dogs grow longer when they are hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 grow	advmod
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 hungry	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hungry	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hungry	cop
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Dogs					long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Dogs = dog					hungry property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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