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# Test 9 · ★★ · Dogs from wolves to best friends: living with dogs today

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«why was the Siberian fox thing a big deal, they're just foxes» What did it show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, deal · **What happens:** be, show · **To what, where:** Siberian fox thing, foxes, big deal

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t9:1
# text = «why was the Siberian fox thing a big deal, they're just foxes» What did it show?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Siberian	siberian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
18	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | the Siberian fox thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | they | foxes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | past · do-support | deal | a big deal |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

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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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Foxes turned into real dogs, barking and all, in just one year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t9:o1:1
# text = Foxes turned into real dogs, barking and all, in just one year
1	Foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | Foxes |  |  |  |  | into real dogs *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into dog=Result |
| 2 | **bark** | gerund | Foxes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Foxes can never be tamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t9:o2:1
# text = Foxes can never be tamed
1	Foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tamed	tame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tame** | can · passive |  | Foxes |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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

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Breeding the tamest animals changed their behaviour and even their looks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t9:o3:1
# text = Breeding the tamest animals changed their behaviour and even their looks
1	Breeding	breed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tamest	tame	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	looks	look	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | gerund |  | the tamest animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | past | Breeding | animals's behaviour |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behaviour=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Wild foxes already wag their tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today:t9:o4:1
# text = Wild foxes already wag their tails
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wag	wag	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wag** | present | Wild foxes | foxes's tails |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

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