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title: What would happen if an avalanche dog had a bad cold and blocked nose? — Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if an avalanche dog had a bad cold and blocked nose? Test 9 · ★★★ 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; Mova's choice was rig
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Paw Patrol: real police, fire, rescue and sniffer dogs

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What would happen if an avalanche dog had a bad cold and blocked nose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** avalanche dog · **What happens:** happen, have, block · **To what, where:** bad cold, nose

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t9:1
# text = What would happen if an avalanche dog had a bad cold and blocked nose?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	avalanche	avalanche	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	blocked	block	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a avalanche dog | a bad cold |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient |
| 3 | **block** | past | a avalanche dog *not said here* | nose |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer nose=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It would find buried people much less well, since it searches by smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t9:o1:1
# text = It would find buried people much less well, since it searches by smell
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	searches	search	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | It | buried people |  |  |  | well *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic |
| 2 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **search** | present | it |  |  |  |  | by smell | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by smell=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It would find them by tasting the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t9:o2:1
# text = It would find them by tasting the snow
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tasting	taste	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | It | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
| 2 | **taste** | gerund |  | the snow |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme snow=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would find them faster by sight, as dogs can see through snow on clear days

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t9:o3:1
# text = It would find them faster by sight, as dogs can see through snow on clear days
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | It | them *= they* |  |  |  | by sight; fast *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
| 2 | **see** | can | dogs |  |  | snow | day |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, it searches by hearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:140-paw-patrol-real-working-dogs:t9:o4:1
# text = Nothing, it searches by hearing
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	searches	search	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | by hearing | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hearing=Location |

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**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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