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title: «that dog's bolting at us, LEG IT» What is better? — Dogs from wolves to best friends: livi… · tree and pragmatics
description: «that dog's bolting at us, LEG IT» What is better? Test 3 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today

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«that dog's bolting at us, LEG IT» What is better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bolting · **What happens:** leg, be · **To what, where:** bolting · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 292 «Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today» 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/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t3:1
# text = «that dog's bolting at us, LEG IT» What is better?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	bolting	bolting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	LEG	leg	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	IT	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leg** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | bolting |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that dog's bolting at us |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

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

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Do not run; stand still like a tree and look away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t3:o1:1
# text = Do not run; stand still like a tree and look away
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **run** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still | like a tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **look away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climb the dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t3:o2:1
# text = Climb the dog
1	Climb	climb	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location dog=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Run, dogs are slow and give up after a few steps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t3:o3:1
# text = Run, dogs are slow and give up after a few steps
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | dogs |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give up** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  | after a few steps |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Run and scream as loud as you can so the owner hears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t3:o4:1
# text = Run and scream as loud as you can so the owner hears
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	scream	scream	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hear** | can | the owner |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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