---
title: «shut up and walk, it's just a stinky post» What is the dog really d… — Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turt… · tree and pragmatics
description: «shut up and walk, it's just a stinky post» What is the dog really doing? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/t6/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turt…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/) / t6

# Test 6 · ★ · Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bee…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«shut up and walk, it's just a stinky post» What is the dog really doing?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, it, dog · **What happens:** shut up, walk, be · **To what, where:** stinky post

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 232 «Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines» 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/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t6:1
# text = «shut up and walk, it's just a stinky post» What is the dog really doing?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	stinky	stinky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	really	really	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a stinky post |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  | do *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Checking whether the post is warm enough for it to lie down next to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t6:o1:1
# text = Checking whether the post is warm enough for it to lie down next to
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	next	next	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Checking |  |  |  |  | enough, warm *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | post |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Smelling for rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t6:o2:1
# text = Smelling for rain
1	Smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for rain | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Trying to eat the post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t6:o3:1
# text = Trying to eat the post
1	Trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the post |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reading smells that say which dogs passed and how recently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes:t6:o4:1
# text = Reading smells that say which dogs passed and how recently
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	smells	smell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	recently	recently	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Reading smells | which dogs |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dog=Topic |
| 3 | **pass** | past | Reading smells |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turt…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/t5/)
- next →: [Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turt…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/t7/)
- ↑ back to [Hidden senses: magnetic birds and turtles, ultraviolet bees, heat-seeing snakes, whiskers and lateral lines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/)