--- title: «mate's dog keeps shaking its head after a steppe walk» What might b… — Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum… · tree and pragmatics description: «mate's dog keeps shaking its head after a steppe walk» What might be the cause? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 377 «Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime trees and steppe grasses» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/t6/) [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/) / [Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime tree… «mate's dog keeps shaking its head after a steppe walk» What might be the cause? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** keep, shake, be · **To what, where:** head, cause This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 377 «Ukraine's plants: sunflowers, viburnum, poppies, lime trees and steppe grasses» 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/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t6:1 # text = «mate's dog keeps shaking its head after a steppe walk» What might be the cause? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 6 shaking shake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 15 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | mate's dog | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shake** *in a quote* | gerund | mate's dog *not said here* | dog's head | | | after a steppe walk | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | might | | the cause | | | | | 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 {#o1} The dog is cold and wet after swimming in a pond ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t6:o1:1 # text = The dog is cold and wet after swimming in a pond 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the dog | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the dog *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **swim** | gerund | the dog *not said here* | | | a pond | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A sharp feather grass seed stuck in its ear ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t6:o2:1 # text = A sharp feather grass seed stuck in its ear 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | participle | | a sharp grass seed *not said here* | | seed's ear | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in ear=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dog is dancing to music ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t6:o3:1 # text = The dog is dancing to music 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | present · progressive | the dog | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The dog likes the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses:t6:o4:1 # text = The dog likes the wind 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 likes like 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 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | the dog | the wind | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wind=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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