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title: Ascertain the significance of a warm and dry nose in a dog which is… — How a dog thinks: a world of smells, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the significance of a warm and dry nose in a dog which is otherwise behaving normally. Exam question 4 of lesson 193 «How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

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Ascertain the significance of a warm and dry nose in a dog which is otherwise behaving normally.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dog · **What happens:** ascertain, behave · **To what, where:** significance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 193 «How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces» 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/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the significance of a warm and dry nose in a dog which is otherwise behaving normally.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	behaving	behave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the significance of a warm nose in a dog |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic |
| 2 | **behave** | present · progressive | a dog |  |  |  |  | normally, otherwise *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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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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It is a certain indication of blindness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:e4:o1:1
# text = It is a certain indication of blindness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	blindness	blindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a certain indication |  |  |  | of blindness | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is not in itself a reliable indication of illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:e4:o2:1
# text = It is not in itself a reliable indication of illness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | It |  |  | itself *= it* |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **indicate** |  |  | illness |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It indicates the loss of the sense of smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:e4:o3:1
# text = It indicates the loss of the sense of smell
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | the loss of the sense of smell |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot loss=Topic |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | smell |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a certain indication of fever, requiring the immediate attention of a veterinary surgeon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:e4:o4:1
# text = It is a certain indication of fever, requiring the immediate attention of a veterinary surgeon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a certain indication |  |  |  | of fever | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | a certain indication *not said here* | the immediate attention of a veterinary surgeon |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition |
| 3 | **attend** |  | a veterinary surgeon |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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