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title: «it's day one, let's take him to the dog park!!» What is the best re… — A puppy at home: the first weeks · tree and pragmatics
description: «it's day one, let's take him to the dog park!!» What is the best reply? Test 5 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · A puppy at home: the first weeks

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«it's day one, let's take him to the dog park!!» What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, you, 's, best reply · **What happens:** be, let, take · **To what, where:** day, 's, him, dog park

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «it's day one, let's take him to the dog park!!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t5:1
# text = «it's day one, let's take him to the dog park!!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	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* | present | it | day |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the dog park |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to park=Destination |

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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:* What is the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t5:2
# text = What is the best reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only if the park is muddy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t5:o1:1
# text = Only if the park is muddy
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the park |  |  |  |  | muddy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wait for his vaccinations; carry him outside till then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t5:o2:1
# text = Wait for his vaccinations; carry him outside till then
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	vaccinations	vaccination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	till	till	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for his vaccinations | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | then | outside, till *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **vaccinate** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom vaccination «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Great, the more dogs he meets on day one the stronger he gets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t5:o3:1
# text = Great, the more dogs he meets on day one the stronger he gets
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | the Great more dogs | one |  |  | day |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **get** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fine if he wears a jumper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks:t5:o4:1
# text = Fine if he wears a jumper
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	jumper	jumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | he | a jumper |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent jumper=Source |

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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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