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title: It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not di… — Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, r… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not distract» is encountered in a shop. Ascertain the appropriate conduct. Exam question 3 of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

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It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not distract» is encountered in a shop. Ascertain the appropriate conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, jacket, you · **What happens:** give, wear, bear, not distract, encounter, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, jacket, words, dog, shop, appropriate conduct

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not distract» is encountered in a shop.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e3:1
# text = It is given that a dog wearing a jacket bearing the words «do not distract» is encountered in a shop.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	distract	distract	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | a dog *not said here* | a jacket |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme |
| 3 | **bear** | gerund | a jacket *not said here* | the words |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **distract** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **encounter** | present · passive |  | a dog |  | a shop |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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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:* Ascertain the appropriate conduct.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e3:2
# text = Ascertain the appropriate conduct.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The animal is to be photographed at close range

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e3:o1:1
# text = The animal is to be photographed at close range
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	photographed	photograph	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **photograph** | present · passive |  | the animal |  | close range |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at range=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The animal is to be offered food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e3:o2:1
# text = The animal is to be offered food
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present · passive |  | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal food=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The animal is to be left undisturbed, since it is working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e3:o3:1
# text = The animal is to be left undisturbed, since it is working
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	undisturbed	undisturbed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | the animal |  |  |  | undisturbed *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | present · progressive | animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The animal is to be summoned and stroked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:e3:o4:1
# text = The animal is to be summoned and stroked
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	summoned	summon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	stroked	stroke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | present · passive |  | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **stroke** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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