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title: «guard dog's barking all night at the sheep field, shut it up!» What… — Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, r… · tree and pragmatics
description: «guard dog's barking all night at the sheep field, shut it up!» What is it probably doing? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Working dogs: guide, sniffer, sheep, rescue and helper dogs

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«guard dog's barking all night at the sheep field, shut it up!» What is it probably doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guard dog, you, dog · **What happens:** bark, shut up, do · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «guard dog's barking all night at the sheep field, shut it up!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t9:1
# text = «guard dog's barking all night at the sheep field, shut it up!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** *in a quote* | gerund | guard dog |  |  |  | night | at the sheep field | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at field=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | dog |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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:* What is it probably doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t9:2
# text = What is it probably doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | dog |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Asking for its dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t9:o1:1
# text = Asking for its dinner
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for its dinner | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Barking at nothing for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t9:o2:1
# text = Barking at nothing for fun
1	Barking	bark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for fun; at nothing | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at nothing=Stimulus |

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

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Warning off a fox to protect the sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t9:o3:1
# text = Warning off a fox to protect the sheep
1	Warning	warn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn off** *speech: warn* | gerund |  |  | a fox |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | the sheep |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Calling other dogs to a party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs:t9:o4:1
# text = Calling other dogs to a party
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | other dogs | a party |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Topic to party=Recipient |

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