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description: A chimpanzee and a dog watch you point at one of two cups. Which is usually better at following the point? Test 7 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 7 · ★★ · How a dog thinks: a world of smells, sounds and faces

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A chimpanzee and a dog watch you point at one of two cups. Which is usually better at following the point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chimpanzee, you · **What happens:** watch, point, be, follow · **To what, where:** point

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A chimpanzee and a dog watch you point at one of two cups.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t7:1
# text = A chimpanzee and a dog watch you point at one of two cups.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chimpanzee	chimpanzee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	point	point	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | infinitive | a chimpanzee and a dog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** | present | you |  |  |  |  | at one of two cups | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is usually better at following the point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t7:2
# text = Which is usually better at following the point?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good, usually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | the point |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t7:o1:1
# text = The dog
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both always guess wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t7:o2:1
# text = Both always guess wrong
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | always, wrong *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Neither can follow pointing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t7:o3:1
# text = Neither can follow pointing
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pointing	pointing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | can |  | pointing |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pointing=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The chimpanzee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces:t7:o4:1
# text = The chimpanzee
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chimpanzee	chimpanzee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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