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title: «Dalmatian at the fire station, just looks cool or what» Why are the… — Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Dalmatian at the fire station, just looks cool or what» Why are they linked to fire stations? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 opti
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

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«Dalmatian at the fire station, just looks cool or what» Why are they linked to fire stations?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dalmatian · **What happens:** look, link · **To what, where:** they

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 140 «Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs» of the biology 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t12:1
# text = «Dalmatian at the fire station, just looks cool or what» Why are they linked to fire stations?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dalmatian	dalmatian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	stations	station	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present | Dalmatian at the fire station |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **link** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  | to fire stations | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to station=Co-Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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They can smell fire long before people can, so they ran to warn the firemen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t12:o1:1
# text = They can smell fire long before people can, so they ran to warn the firemen
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	firemen	fireman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | can | They | fire |  |  |  | long *property* | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fire=Stimulus |
| 2 | **run** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | the firemen |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fireman=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are not afraid of flames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t12:o2:1
# text = They are not afraid of flames
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | of flames; afraid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were bred to put out fires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t12:o3:1
# text = They were bred to put out fires
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bred	breed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put out** | to-infinitive |  | fires |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fire=Goal |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They once ran beside horse-drawn fire carts, clearing the way and calming the horses

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t12:o4:1
# text = They once ran beside horse-drawn fire carts, clearing the way and calming the horses
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	clearing	clear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	calming	calm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | They |  |  | drawn fire carts |  | once *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside cart=Trajectory |
| 2 | **draw** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **clear** | gerund | They *not said here* | the way |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent way=Source |
| 4 | **calm** | gerund | They *not said here* | the horses |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus horse=Experiencer |

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