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title: Why are short lessons better than long ones for a puppy? — A puppy at home: the first weeks · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are short lessons better than long ones for a puppy? Test 10 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 10 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

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Why are short lessons better than long ones for a puppy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** short lessons

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t10:1
# text = Why are short lessons better than long ones for a puppy?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | short lessons |  |  |  |  | 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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Puppies forget quickly when they are tired or bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t10:o1:1
# text = Puppies forget quickly when they are tired or bored
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Puppies |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Puppies *= puppy* |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Puppies *= puppy* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Long lessons make puppies grow too fast and hurt their legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t10:o2:1
# text = Long lessons make puppies grow too fast and hurt their legs
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Long lessons | puppies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | puppies *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | past | Long lessons *not said here* | lessons's legs |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Puppies only learn at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t10:o3:1
# text = Puppies only learn at night
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | Puppies |  |  |  | night |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Puppies hate treats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t10:o4:1
# text = Puppies hate treats
1	Puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Puppies | treats |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treat=Stimulus |

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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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