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title: A lost dog is found two towns away. How can a vet find its owner qui… — Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and r… · tree and pragmatics
description: A lost dog is found two towns away. How can a vet find its owner quickly? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Test 4 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility

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A lost dog is found two towns away. How can a vet find its owner quickly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vet · **What happens:** lose, find · **To what, where:** lost dog, owner

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» 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/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A lost dog is found two towns away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t4:1
# text = A lost dog is found two towns away.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | a lost dog |  |  |  | away *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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:* How can a vet find its owner quickly?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t4:2
# text = How can a vet find its owner quickly?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | can | a vet | vet's owner |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Scan its microchip to find the number linked to the owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t4:o1:1
# text = Scan its microchip to find the number linked to the owner
1	Scan	scan	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	microchip	microchip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scan** | imperative | you *not said here* | its microchip |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microchip=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the number |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 3 | **link** | participle |  | the number *not said here* |  |  |  | to the owner | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to owner=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wait for the dog to walk home by itself, following its nose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t4:o2:1
# text = Wait for the dog to walk home by itself, following its nose
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the dog | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by dog; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | you *not said here* | dog's nose |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Look at the colour of its collar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t4:o3:1
# text = Look at the colour of its collar
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the colour of colour's collar | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at colour=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask the dog where it lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t4:o4:1
# text = Ask the dog where it lives
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the dog |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient |
| 2 | **live** | present | dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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