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title: In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog turns friendly after Tom gives h… — Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog turns friendly after Tom gives him a bone. Is a street dog eating a bone safe to pat? Test 2 of lesson 371 «Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a strange animal» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 2 · Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a…

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In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog turns friendly after Tom gives him a bone. Is a street dog eating a bone safe to pat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Spike, Tom, street dog · **What happens:** turn, give, be, eat, pat · **To what, where:** Tom, bone, bulldog, street dog

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This is test 2 of lesson 371 «Street dogs and cats: feeding, safety and never touching a strange animal» 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/371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog turns friendly after Tom gives him a bone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal:t2:1
# text = In Tom and Jerry, Spike the bulldog turns friendly after Tom gives him a bone.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jerry	Jerry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	Spike	Spike	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bulldog	bulldog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Spike |  |  | Tom and Jerry |  | friendly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in tom=Trajectory |
| 2 | **give** | present | Tom | a bone | bulldog |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bone=Theme |

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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:* Is a street dog eating a bone safe to pat?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal:t2:2
# text = Is a street dog eating a bone safe to pat?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	pat	pat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a street dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | a street dog *not said here* | a bone |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |
| 3 | **pat** | to-infinitive | a street dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, a dog with food is always happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, a dog with food is always happy
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	happy	happy	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 | a dog with food |  |  |  |  | always, happy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if you pat it while it chews

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you pat it while it chews
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pat	pat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	chews	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pat** | present | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **chew** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, food makes every dog calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, food makes every dog calm
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | food | every dog |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material dog=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, dogs may bite to guard their food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:371-street-dogs-and-cats-feeding-safety-and-never-touching-a-strange-animal:t2:o4:1
# text = No, dogs may bite to guard their food
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | may | dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **guard** | to-infinitive | dogs *not said here* | dogs's food |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Beneficiary |

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