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title: «our dog barks at umbrellas like they're monsters» What might have h… — Training a dog with rewards and patience · tree and pragmatics
description: «our dog barks at umbrellas like they're monsters» What might have helped when he was a puppy? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 195 «Training a dog with rewards and patience» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 11 · ★ · Training a dog with rewards and patience

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«our dog barks at umbrellas like they're monsters» What might have helped when he was a puppy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, umbrellas · **What happens:** bark, be, help · **To what, where:** monsters, puppy

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 195 «Training a dog with rewards and patience» 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/195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t11:1
# text = «our dog barks at umbrellas like they're monsters» What might have helped when he was a puppy?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	barks	bark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
13	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	helped	help	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** *in a quote* | present | our dog |  |  |  |  | at umbrellas | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at umbrella=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | umbrellas *= umbrella* |  |  |  |  | like monsters | tree rules |
| 3 | **help** | might · perfect |  | monsters |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **is a** | past | dog | a puppy |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Meeting umbrellas and many other things calmly when young

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t11:o1:1
# text = Meeting umbrellas and many other things calmly when young
1	Meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never seeing anything new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t11:o2:1
# text = Never seeing anything new
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | gerund |  | anything |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Being shouted at near umbrellas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t11:o3:1
# text = Being shouted at near umbrellas
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund · passive |  |  |  | near umbrellas |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Being kept inside all year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:195-training-a-dog-with-rewards-and-patience:t11:o4:1
# text = Being kept inside all year
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP» |

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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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