--- title: What would happen if you reached straight over the head of a dog you… — Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growl… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you reached straight over the head of a dog you did not know? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe What would happen if you reached straight over the head of a dog you did not know? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, reach, not know · **To what, where:** head, dog This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 194 «Reading a dog: tails, play bows, growls and staying safe» 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/194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t8:1 # text = What would happen if you reached straight over the head of a dog you did not know? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 straight straight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | the head of a dog | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | you | a dog *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It might feel threatened and duck, back off or snap ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t8:o1:1 # text = It might feel threatened and duck, back off or snap 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 threatened threatened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 off off ADV RB _ 3 advcl _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 snap snap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | might | It | | | | | threatened *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **snap** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would always wag and lick ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t8:o2:1 # text = It would always wag and lick 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 wag wag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | would | It | | | | | always *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lick** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It would fall asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t8:o3:1 # text = It would fall asleep 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | would | It | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would roll over at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:194-reading-a-dog-tails-play-bows-growls-and-staying-safe:t8:o4:1 # text = It would roll over at once 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll over** | would | It | | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory | **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. 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