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description: Identify the conduct recommended when a person is approached at speed by an unfamiliar dog. Exam question 1 of lesson 292 «Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 1 · Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today

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Identify the conduct recommended when a person is approached at speed by an unfamiliar dog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, conduct, unfamiliar dog · **What happens:** identify, recommend, approach · **To what, where:** person, speed

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 292 «Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:e1:1
# text = Identify the conduct recommended when a person is approached at speed by an unfamiliar dog.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	approached	approach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **recommend** | past | the conduct |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **approach** | present · passive | a unfamiliar dog | a person |  | speed |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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Shouting and waving the arms vigorously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:e1:o1:1
# text = Shouting and waving the arms vigorously
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	vigorously	vigorously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave** | gerund |  | the arms |  |  |  | vigorously *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Staring directly into the eyes of the animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:e1:o2:1
# text = Staring directly into the eyes of the animal
1	Staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into the eyes of the animal; directly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme |

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

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Remaining motionless with arms withdrawn and gaze averted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:e1:o3:1
# text = Remaining motionless with arms withdrawn and gaze averted
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	motionless	motionless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gaze	gaze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	averted	avert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with arms; motionless *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **withdraw** | participle |  | arms *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **gaze** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **avert** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Running away with the utmost haste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:e1:o4:1
# text = Running away with the utmost haste
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	utmost	utmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the utmost haste; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with haste=Material |

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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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