--- title: Identify the reason for which a newly acquired puppy commonly cries… — A puppy at home: the first weeks · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the reason for which a newly acquired puppy commonly cries during the first night. Exam question 1 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/e1/) [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/) / [A puppy at home: the first weeks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · A puppy at home: the first weeks Identify the reason for which a newly acquired puppy commonly cries during the first night. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, acquired puppy · **What happens:** identify, acquire, cry · **To what, where:** reason This is exam question 1 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» 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/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:e1:1 # text = Identify the reason for which a newly acquired puppy commonly cries during the first night. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 newly newly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 acquired acquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 commonly commonly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 11 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 during during ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **acquire** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | a acquired puppy | | | | night | for the reason | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for which=Recipient | 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 {#o1} It is unable to see in darkness ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:e1:o1:1 # text = It is unable to see in darkness 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | darkness | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It requires exercise at that hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:e1:o2:1 # text = It requires exercise at that hour 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exercise exercise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present | It | exercise | | | hour | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exercise=Precondition | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is displeased with the household ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:e1:o3:1 # text = It is displeased with the household 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 displeased displease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **displease** | present · passive | the household | It | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It is separated from its mother and littermates ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:e1:o4:1 # text = It is separated from its mother and littermates 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 littermates littermate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** | present · passive | | It | | | | from its mother and littermates | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from mother=Co-Patient | **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. 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