--- title: «gran says the dog's 3 so he's 21 in human years» What is closer to… — Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and… · tree and pragmatics description: «gran says the dog's 3 so he's 21 in human years» What is closer to the truth? Test 1 · ★★ 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye «gran says the dog's 3 so he's 21 in human years» What is closer to the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, 3 21 human years · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** 21 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 328 «Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye» 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/328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t1:1 # text = «gran says the dog's 3 so he's 21 in human years» What is closer to the truth? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | gran | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | gran | 21 | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | the dog's 3 21 human years | | | | | to the truth; close *property* | tree rules | 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} No, he is 70 in human years ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t1:o1:1 # text = No, he is 70 in human years 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | he | 70 | | | year | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A dog's first year is like about 15 human years, then ageing slows, so the sum is not that simple ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t1:o2:1 # text = A dog's first year is like about 15 human years, then ageing slows, so the sum is not that simple 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 ageing age VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 nsubj _ _ 15 slows slow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 that that ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a dog's first year | | | | like 15 human years | | tree rules | | 2 | **age** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **slow** | present | | | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | the sum | | | | | simple, that *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he is 3 in human years too ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t1:o3:1 # text = No, he is 3 in human years too 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | he | 3 | | | year | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, gran is right: a dog ages exactly seven human years every single year, so the sum really is that simple ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, gran is right: a dog ages exactly seven human years every single year, so the sum really is that simple 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 15 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 really really ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | gran | | | | a dog ages seven human years every single year | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | the sum | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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