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title: In a cartoon a dog swallows a whole alarm clock and you can hear it… — The vet · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a dog swallows a whole alarm clock and you can hear it ticking. What is true about real dogs? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» 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 2 · ★ · The vet

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In a cartoon a dog swallows a whole alarm clock and you can hear it ticking. What is true about real dogs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, you, clock · **What happens:** swallow, hear, tick, be · **To what, where:** whole alarm clock, cartoon, clock

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 227 «The vet» 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/227-the-vet/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a dog swallows a whole alarm clock and you can hear it ticking.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon a dog swallows a whole alarm clock and you can hear it ticking.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallows	swallow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	ticking	tick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | a dog | a whole alarm clock |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |
| 2 | **hear** | can | you | clock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tick** | gerund | clock *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 true about real dogs?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t2:2
# text = What is true about real dogs?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about real dogs; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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They do swallow odd things, and an X-ray can show them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t2:o1:1
# text = They do swallow odd things, and an X-ray can show them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present · do-support | They | odd things |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | can | a X ray | things *= thing* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only cartoon dogs ever swallow objects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t2:o2:1
# text = Only cartoon dogs ever swallow objects
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | cartoon dogs | objects |  |  | ever |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They can swallow anything at all with no harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t2:o3:1
# text = They can swallow anything at all with no harm
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | can | They | anything |  | all |  | with no harm | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Things they swallow always disappear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:227-the-vet:t2:o4:1
# text = Things they swallow always disappear
1	Things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	disappear	disappear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | Things *= thing* | Things *not said here* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 2 | **disappear** | present | Things |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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