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title: Identify the principal faculty by which avalanche dogs locate person… — Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal faculty by which avalanche dogs locate persons buried beneath snow. Exam question 2 of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 2 · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

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Identify the principal faculty by which avalanche dogs locate persons buried beneath snow.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, avalanche dogs · **What happens:** identify, locate, bury · **To what, where:** principal faculty, persons, snow

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal faculty by which avalanche dogs locate persons buried beneath snow.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	faculty	faculty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
7	avalanche	avalanche	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	locate	locate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal faculty |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent faculty=Theme |
| 2 | **locate** | present | which avalanche dogs | persons |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bury** | participle |  | persons *not said here* |  | snow |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beneath snow=Destination |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The sense of sight, which penetrates the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e2:o1:1
# text = The sense of sight, which penetrates the snow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	penetrates	penetrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **penetrate** | present | the sense of sight | the snow |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Patient |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | sight |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sense of hearing, which detects the heartbeat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e2:o2:1
# text = The sense of hearing, which detects the heartbeat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	detects	detect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | present | the sense of hearing | the heartbeat |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heartbeat=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | hearing |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sense of touch, which detects warmth through the paws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e2:o3:1
# text = The sense of touch, which detects warmth through the paws
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	detects	detect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | present | the sense of touch | warmth |  | the paws |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer warmth=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | touch |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The sense of smell, which detects scent rising through the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:e2:o4:1
# text = The sense of smell, which detects scent rising through the snow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	detects	detect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | present | the sense of smell | scent |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer scent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund | scent *not said here* |  |  | the snow |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through snow=Location |
| 3 | **sense** |  |  | smell |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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