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description: «my deaf uncle's dog keeps pawing him every time the alarm goes» What is the dog doing? Test 11 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

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«my deaf uncle's dog keeps pawing him every time the alarm goes» What is the dog doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, alarm · **What happens:** keep, paw, go, do · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 196 «Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs» 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/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t11:1
# text = «my deaf uncle's dog keeps pawing him every time the alarm goes» What is the dog doing?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	deaf	deaf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	pawing	paw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | my deaf uncle's dog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **paw** *in a quote* | gerund | my deaf uncle's dog *not said here* | dog |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present | the alarm |  |  |  | time |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | present · progressive | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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It is a hearing dog telling him about the sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t11:o1:1
# text = It is a hearing dog telling him about the sound
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a hearing dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | a hearing dog *not said here* |  | dog |  |  | about the sound | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about sound=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It wants to play a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t11:o2:1
# text = It wants to play a game
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a game |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t11:o3:1
# text = It is hungry
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is scared of the alarm and wants your uncle to pick it up and hold it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t11:o4:1
# text = It is scared of the alarm and wants your uncle to pick it up and hold it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of the alarm; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present |  | your uncle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pick up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | your uncle *not said here* | alarm |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 4 | **hold** | infinitive | your uncle *not said here* | alarm |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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