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title: Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe

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The 16 questions of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t1/) — «look, his tail's going like mad, he's friendly, I'm gonna pet him» but the dog is stiff and staring. What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t2/) — «Bella keeps yawning at the vet, she's just sleepy lol» What is more likely? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t3/) — «hug him tighter, he loves it» but the dog is turning away and showing the whites of its eyes. What should happen? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t4/) — «that dog growled at my little bro, smack it so it learns» What is right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t5/) — «a dog's running at us, LEG IT!!» What is the safer thing to do? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t6/) — In a cartoon a dog is happy every time its tail wags. What is true of real dogs? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t7/) — «ew why's he sniffing that dog's butt, gross» What is the real reason? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t8/) — What would happen if you reached straight over the head of a dog you did not know? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t9/) — «his fur's all spiky on his back, he's gonna kill us» What is closer to the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t10/) — Count them: three dogs do play bows at once in the park. How many front legs are on the grass? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t11/) — Count them: two dogs and one cat are on the sofa. How many tails and how many ears? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t12/) — «your dog's well cute, can I stroke him?» What should happen next? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of a wagging tail in the domestic dog? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which the punishment of a growling dog is to be avoided. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/e3/) — It is given that an unfamiliar dog approaches a child at speed in a public park. Ascertain the most appropriate course of action. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a dog which exhibits the whites of its eyes whilst embraced. — wrong ✗ · exam

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