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title: «the dog went mad at my backpack and the biscuit was in a sealed bag… — How a dog thinks: a world of smells, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the dog went mad at my backpack and the biscuit was in a sealed bag inside, how???» What explains it? Test 3 · ★★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

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«the dog went mad at my backpack and the biscuit was in a sealed bag inside, how???» What explains it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, biscuit · **What happens:** go, seal, be, explain · **To what, where:** backpack, sealed bag, biscuit

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «the dog went mad at my backpack and the biscuit was in a sealed bag inside, how???»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t3:1
# text = «the dog went mad at my backpack and the biscuit was in a sealed bag inside, how???»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	backpack	backpack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
17	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	???	???	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past | the dog |  |  | my backpack |  | inside, mad *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at backpack=Location |
| 2 | **seal** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the biscuit |  |  | a sealed bag |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What explains it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t3:2
# text = What explains it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present |  | biscuit |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It heard the biscuit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t3:o1:1
# text = It heard the biscuit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | It | the biscuit |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer biscuit=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was a lucky guess, because dogs check every bag just in case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t3:o2:1
# text = It was a lucky guess, because dogs check every bag just in case
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a lucky guess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | present | dogs | every bag |  | case |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bag was see-through to dogs, because dogs see through plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t3:o3:1
# text = The bag was see-through to dogs, because dogs see through plastic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	see	see	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	through	thorough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bag |  |  |  |  | to dogs; thorough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | dogs |  |  | plastic |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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A dog smells many thousands of times better than we do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t3:o4:1
# text = A dog smells many thousands of times better than we do
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
9	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | a dog |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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