--- title: A sniffer dog at the airport sits down beside a bag. Why trust its n… — Senses: nose, tongue and skin · tree and pragmatics description: A sniffer dog at the airport sits down beside a bag. Why trust its nose? Test 11 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/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/) / [Senses: nose, tongue and skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/) / t11 # Test 11 · Senses: nose, tongue and skin A sniffer dog at the airport sits down beside a bag. Why trust its nose? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sniffer dog, you · **What happens:** sit down, trust · **To what, where:** bag, nose This is test 11 of lesson 70 «Senses: nose, tongue and skin» 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/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sniffer dog at the airport sits down beside a bag. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t11:1 # text = A sniffer dog at the airport sits down beside a bag. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sniffer sniffer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 airport airport NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 beside beside ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | present | a sniffer dog at the airport | | | a bag | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside bag=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why trust its nose? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t11:2 # text = Why trust its nose? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 trust trust VERB VB Mood=Imp|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 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | imperative | you *not said here* | bag's nose | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Dogs can read the labels on bags ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t11:o1:1 # text = Dogs can read the labels on bags 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 labels label NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | can | Dogs | the labels | | bags | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Dogs have hundreds of millions of smell cells, far more than us ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t11:o2:1 # text = Dogs have hundreds of millions of smell cells, far more than us 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 obj _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Dogs | hundreds of millions of smell cells | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dogs just guess and are often lucky ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t11:o3:1 # text = Dogs just guess and are often lucky 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 guess guess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 often often ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | Dogs | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Dogs *not said here* | | | | | lucky, often *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Dogs can see inside bags ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin:t11:o4:1 # text = Dogs can see inside bags 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 inside inside ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | Dogs | | | bags | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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