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title: In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog guards the yard and swims across… — Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog guards the yard and swims across the pool to catch Tom. What is true of real bulldogs? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 th
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

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In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog guards the yard and swims across the pool to catch Tom. What is true of real bulldogs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Spike · **What happens:** guard, swim, catch, be · **To what, where:** yard, Tom, pool

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog guards the yard and swims across the pool to catch Tom.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t4:1
# text = In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog guards the yard and swims across the pool to catch Tom.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	Spike	Spike	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bulldog	bulldog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	across	across	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
19	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | Spike | the yard |  | Tom and Jerry |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yard=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **swim** | present | Spike *not said here* |  |  | the pool |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across pool=Trajectory |
| 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Spike *not said here* | Tom |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true of real bulldogs?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t4:2
# text = What is true of real bulldogs?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bulldogs	bulldog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of real bulldogs; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bulldogs float like ducks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t4:o1:1
# text = Bulldogs float like ducks
1	Bulldogs	bulldog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | Bulldogs |  |  |  |  | like ducks | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Bulldogs were bred as lifeguards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t4:o2:1
# text = Bulldogs were bred as lifeguards
1	Bulldogs	bulldog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | past · passive |  | Bulldogs |  |  |  | as lifeguards | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They are poor swimmers because of their heavy fronts and short noses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t4:o3:1
# text = They are poor swimmers because of their heavy fronts and short noses
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	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fronts	front	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	noses	nose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | poor swimmers |  |  |  | because swimmers's heavy fronts and short noses | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bulldogs are the best swimming dogs, which is why lifeguards use them at the beach

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t4:o4:1
# text = Bulldogs are the best swimming dogs, which is why lifeguards use them at the beach
1	Bulldogs	bulldog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	lifeguards	lifeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl:relcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bulldogs | the best swimming dogs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the best swimming dogs |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | present | lifeguards | Bulldogs *= bulldog* |  | the beach |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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