--- title: Why does a deaf dog need hand signals instead of shouting? — Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a deaf dog need hand signals instead of shouting? Test 11 · ★★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Old pets: grey muzzles, slow walks and saying goodbye Why does a deaf dog need hand signals instead of shouting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, need, shout · **To what, where:** deaf dog, hand signals This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t11:1 # text = Why does a deaf dog need hand signals instead of shouting? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 11 mark _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | a deaf dog | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality | | 2 | **need** | present | | hand signals | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot signal=Theme | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Hand signals make it run faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t11:o1:1 # text = Hand signals make it run faster 1 Hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Hand signals | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | infinitive | | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shouting makes its hearing come back ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t11:o2:1 # text = Shouting makes its hearing come back 1 Shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | its hearing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come back** | present | its hearing *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dogs only understand shouting ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t11:o3:1 # text = Dogs only understand shouting 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 shouting shouting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | present | Dogs | shouting | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer shouting=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It cannot hear words but can see the signals ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:328-old-pets-grey-muzzles-slow-walks-and-saying-goodbye:t11:o4:1 # text = It cannot hear words but can see the signals 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 signals signal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | can | It | words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | can | | the signals | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer signal=Stimulus | **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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