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title: «mum, the dog's already at the door and I can't even hear the car» W… — How a dog thinks: a world of smells, s… · tree and pragmatics
description: «mum, the dog's already at the door and I can't even hear the car» Why? Test 6 · ★★ 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 righ
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# Test 6 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

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«mum, the dog's already at the door and I can't even hear the car» Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** not hear · **To what, where:** car

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t6:1
# text = «mum, the dog's already at the door and I can't even hear the car» Why?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	already	already	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | can | I | the car |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |

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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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The dog is psychic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t6:o1:1
# text = The dog is psychic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	psychic	psychic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  | psychic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It smelled mum coming through the walls and the closed windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t6:o2:1
# text = It smelled mum coming through the walls and the closed windows
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | It | mum |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | mum *not said here* |  |  | the walls and the closed windows |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through wall=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **close** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dog just sits there by the door all day long, every single day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t6:o3:1
# text = The dog just sits there by the door all day long, every single day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | the dog |  |  | there | day | by the door; long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location |

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

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Dogs hear quieter sounds and know the sound of our engine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t6:o4:1
# text = Dogs hear quieter sounds and know the sound of our engine
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | Dogs | quieter sounds |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus |
| 2 | **know** | infinitive | Dogs *not said here* | the sound of our engine |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus |

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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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