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title: In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park.… — A puppy at home: the first weeks · tree and pragmatics
description: In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park. A real new puppy before its vaccines should be… Test 4 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; Mov
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# Test 4 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

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In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park. A real new puppy before its vaccines should be…

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bulldog, real new puppy · **What happens:** walk, be · **To what, where:** puppy, Tom

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t4:1
# text = In Tom and Jerry the bulldog Spike walks his puppy Tyke in the park.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bulldog	bulldog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Spike	Spike	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	Tyke	Tyke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | the bulldog | bulldog's puppy |  | Tom and Jerry |  | in the park | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme in tom=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* A real new puppy before its vaccines should be…

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t4:2
# text = A real new puppy before its vaccines should be…
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	…	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | should | a real new puppy before puppy's vaccines |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Left at home until it is two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t4:o1:1
# text = Left at home until it is two
1	Left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  | home |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | present | home | two |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walked every day in the busiest dog park in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t4:o2:1
# text = Walked every day in the busiest dog park in town
1	Walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	busiest	busy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past |  |  |  | the busiest dog park in town | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in park=Trajectory |

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

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Carried in arms, not walked where other dogs go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t4:o3:1
# text = Carried in arms, not walked where other dogs go
1	Carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  |  |  | arms |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in arm=Location |
| 2 | **not** **walk** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | present | other dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Taken swimming with other dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t4:o4:1
# text = Taken swimming with other dogs
1	Taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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