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title: «my dog yawned when dad yawned lol coincidence» What might it really… — Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my dog yawned when dad yawned lol coincidence» What might it really be? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 237 «Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and do cats really chase mice?)» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and…

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«my dog yawned when dad yawned lol coincidence» What might it really be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, dad · **What happens:** yawn, be · **To what, where:** lol coincidence

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 237 «Animal minds: what dogs and cats feel and understand (and do cats really chase mice?)» 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/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t8:1
# text = «my dog yawned when dad yawned lol coincidence» What might it really be?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yawned	yawn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	yawned	yawn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	lol	lol	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	coincidence	coincidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
12	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yawn** *in a quote* | past | my dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **yawn** *in a quote* | past | dad | lol coincidence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | might | dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dad caught it from the dog first, always

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t8:o1:1
# text = Dad caught it from the dog first, always
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | Dad | it |  |  |  | from the dog; always, first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from dog=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A coincidence, dogs never catch yawns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t8:o2:1
# text = A coincidence, dogs never catch yawns
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coincidence	coincidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	yawns	yawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | present | coincidence dogs | yawns |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yawn=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dog was copying the TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t8:o3:1
# text = The dog was copying the TV
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past · progressive | the dog | the TV |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Dogs sometimes catch yawns, most from their own people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice:t8:o4:1
# text = Dogs sometimes catch yawns, most from their own people
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	yawns	yawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | Dogs | yawns |  |  |  | from Dogs's own people; most *obl*; sometimes *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent yawn=Theme from people=Source |

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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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