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title: Ascertain the assistance appropriate to an aged dog afflicted by art… — Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the assistance appropriate to an aged dog afflicted by arthritis. Exam question 4 of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye

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Ascertain the assistance appropriate to an aged dog afflicted by arthritis.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, afflict · **To what, where:** assistance, aged dog

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the assistance appropriate to an aged dog afflicted by arthritis.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	arthritis	arthritis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the assistance |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Topic |
| 2 | **afflict** | participle |  | a aged dog *not said here* |  |  |  | by arthritis | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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The removal of all bedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:e4:o1:1
# text = The removal of all bedding
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | all bedding |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prolonged and vigorous running on each day, together with jumping exercises to restore strength

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:e4:o2:1
# text = Prolonged and vigorous running on each day, together with jumping exercises to restore strength
1	Prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	vigorous	vigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
12	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
15	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **jump** | gerund |  | exercises |  |  |  | together *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | strength |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent strength=Theme |

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

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Shorter and gentler walks, soft bedding, ramps and medication prescribed by a veterinarian

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:e4:o3:1
# text = Shorter and gentler walks, soft bedding, ramps and medication prescribed by a veterinarian
1	Shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gentler	gentle	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
4	walks	walk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ramps	ramp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	veterinarian	veterinarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prescribe** | participle |  | ramps and medication *not said here* |  |  |  | by a veterinarian | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The provision of jumping exercises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:e4:o4:1
# text = The provision of jumping exercises
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **provide** |  | jumping exercises |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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