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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct described as intelligent disobedience in the guide dog? Exam question 1 of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct described as intelligent disobedience in the guide dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, describe · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct described as intelligent disobedience in the guide dog?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the conduct |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | as intelligent disobedience in the guide dog | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as disobedience=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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The habitual disregard of all commands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e1:o1:1
# text = The habitual disregard of all commands
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	habitual	habitual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	disregard	disregard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	commands	command	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disregard** |  |  | all commands |  |  |  |  | nom disregard «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The refusal of a command whose execution would endanger the handler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e1:o2:1
# text = The refusal of a command whose execution would endanger the handler
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	endanger	endanger	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	handler	handler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endanger** | would | the refusal of a command | the handler |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** |  |  | a command |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **execute** |  | a command |  |  |  |  |  | nom execution «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The barking at unfamiliar persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e1:o3:1
# text = The barking at unfamiliar persons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barking	barking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The performance of tricks without instruction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e1:o4:1
# text = The performance of tricks without instruction
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** |  |  | tricks |  |  |  | without instruction | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient without=obl |

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