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description: In a cartoon a dog reads a newspaper and checks a wristwatch. What is true of real dogs? Test 10 · ★★ 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
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# Test 10 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

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In a cartoon a dog reads a newspaper and checks a wristwatch. What is true of real dogs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** read, check, be · **To what, where:** newspaper, cartoon, wristwatch

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a dog reads a newspaper and checks a wristwatch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t10:1
# text = In a cartoon a dog reads a newspaper and checks a wristwatch.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wristwatch	wristwatch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | a dog | a newspaper |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Topic |
| 2 | **check** | present | a dog *not said here* | a wristwatch |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wristwatch=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 dogs?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t10:2
# text = What is true of real dogs?
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	dogs	dog	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 dogs; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They have no sense of routine at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t10:o1:1
# text = They have no sense of routine at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	routine	routine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | no sense of routine |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | routine |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They can read words if taught for long enough by a patient owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t10:o2:1
# text = They can read words if taught for long enough by a patient owner
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
9	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can | They | words |  |  |  | by a patient owner; long *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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They read scents instead and keep time through routines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t10:o3:1
# text = They read scents instead and keep time through routines
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	scents	scent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | They | scents |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  | routines | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent through routine=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They wear watches in the wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t10:o4:1
# text = They wear watches in the wild
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	watches	watch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | They | watches |  | the wild |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent watch=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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