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# Test 9 · ★ · Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dun…

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«why's he sniff every lamp post on the walk, it's well boring» What is the dog doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, post, dog · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** walk

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 398 «Poo, wee and smells: rabbits that eat their droppings, dung beetles and the smelliest animals» 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/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:t9:1
# text = «why's he sniff every lamp post on the walk, it's well boring» What is the dog doing?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sniff	sniff	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
22	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | he |  |  | the walk |  | sniff *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | post |  |  |  |  | boring, well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Counting the posts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:t9:o1:1
# text = Counting the posts
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  | the posts |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Reading smell messages about which dogs passed and when

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:t9:o2:1
# text = Reading smell messages about which dogs passed and when
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | smell messages |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Topic |
| 2 | **pass** | past | Reading |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Looking for lost bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:t9:o3:1
# text = Looking for lost bones
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for lost bones | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bone=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Checking for rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals:t9:o4:1
# text = Checking for rain
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for rain | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for rain=Attribute |

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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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