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title: «puppy keeps biting me, it's evil» What should he do? — A puppy at home: the first weeks · tree and pragmatics
description: «puppy keeps biting me, it's evil» What should he do? Test 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 right.
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# Test 1 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

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«puppy keeps biting me, it's evil» What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** puppy, he · **What happens:** keep, bite, be, do · **To what, where:** me

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This is test 1 of lesson 326 «A puppy at home: the first weeks» 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/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t1:1
# text = «puppy keeps biting me, it's evil» What should he do?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	biting	bite	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | puppy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bite** *in a quote* | gerund | puppy *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | puppy |  |  |  |  | evil *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | should | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Give it away, it will never stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t1:o1:1
# text = Give it away, it will never stop
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **stop** | future | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shout at it and smack it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t1:o2:1
# text = Shout at it and smack it
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	smack	smack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **smack** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Say «ouch» and stop the game, so it learns gentle mouths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t1:o3:1
# text = Say «ouch» and stop the game, so it learns gentle mouths
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ouch	ouch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | ouch |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ouch=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the game |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality |
| 3 | **learn** | present | game | gentle mouths |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Let it bite harder and harder, so it grows up tough and brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t1:o4:1
# text = Let it bite harder and harder, so it grows up tough and brave
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bite** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **grow up** | present | it |  |  |  |  | tough *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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