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title: «greyhound in a flat? are you mad, it'll need running all day» What… — Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds · tree and pragmatics
description: «greyhound in a flat? are you mad, it'll need running all day» What is the surprise? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 192 «Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds» 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 right
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds

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«greyhound in a flat? are you mad, it'll need running all day» What is the surprise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** greyhound · **What happens:** be, need, run · **To what, where:** surprise · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 192 «Dogs: from wolves to hundreds of breeds» 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/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:t9:1
# text = «greyhound in a flat? are you mad, it'll need running all day» What is the surprise?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
14	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | greyhound in a flat |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** *in a quote* | future | greyhound |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **run** *not said to happen, in a quote* | gerund | greyhound *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the surprise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Greyhounds never sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:t9:o1:1
# text = Greyhounds never sleep
1	Greyhounds	greyhound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | present | Greyhounds |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Greyhounds can only live on racetracks with other racing dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:t9:o2:1
# text = Greyhounds can only live on racetracks with other racing dogs
1	Greyhounds	greyhound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	racetracks	racetrack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	racing	racing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | Greyhounds |  |  | racetracks |  | with other racing dogs | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with dog=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it must run for hours every day or it will become ill and sad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, it must run for hours every day or it will become ill and sad
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | must | it |  |  |  | day; hour |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | future | it |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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

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Greyhounds are sprinters and sleep most of the day at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds:t9:o4:1
# text = Greyhounds are sprinters and sleep most of the day at home
1	Greyhounds	greyhound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sprinters	sprinter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Greyhounds | sprinters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | Greyhounds *not said here* | most of the day |  | home |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |

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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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