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title: «hurry up Rex, it's just a lamppost ffs» What is Rex really doing? — How a dog thinks: a world of smells, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «hurry up Rex, it's just a lamppost ffs» What is Rex really doing? Test 1 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

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«hurry up Rex, it's just a lamppost ffs» What is Rex really doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, it, Rex · **What happens:** hurry up, be, do · **To what, where:** Rex, lamppost ffs

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 193 «How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces» 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/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t1:1
# text = «hurry up Rex, it's just a lamppost ffs» What is Rex really doing?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	hurry	hurry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	Rex	Rex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	lamppost	lamppost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	ffs	ffs	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	Rex	Rex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	really	really	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Rex |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a lamppost ffs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | Rex |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | gerund | Rex |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Looking for a bone it lost there and buried last week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t1:o1:1
# text = Looking for a bone it lost there and buried last week
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj:pass	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a bone | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bone=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | past | bone | a bone *not said here* |  | there |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bury** | participle | Looking |  |  |  | week |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Admiring the lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t1:o2:1
# text = Admiring the lamp
1	Admiring	admire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admire** | gerund |  | the lamp |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamp=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Waiting for the light to turn on so it can see where to go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t1:o3:1
# text = Waiting for the light to turn on so it can see where to go
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the light | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn on** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | so light | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **see** | can | Waiting |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | Waiting *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Reading smells left by other dogs, like a newspaper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t1:o4:1
# text = Reading smells left by other dogs, like a newspaper
1	Reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | Reading |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **leave** | participle | Reading *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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