--- title: Why did the little dog attack Lagree? — Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the little dog attack Lagree? Exam question 3 of lesson 1707 «Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen» of the books 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/books/1707-pg640-part31/e3/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1707-pg640-part31/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her p… Why did the little dog attack Lagree? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little dog · **What happens:** attack · **To what, where:** Lagree This is exam question 3 of lesson 1707 «Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/books/1707-pg640-part31/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e3:1 # text = Why did the little dog attack Lagree? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 attack attack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 Lagree Lagree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attack** | past · do-support | the little dog | Lagree | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lagree=Patient | 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} to guard its mistress from danger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e3:o1:1 # text = to guard its mistress from danger 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 guard guard 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 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | to-infinitive | | | its mistress | | | from danger | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mistress=Beneficiary from danger=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} to protect its mistress from Lagree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e3:o2:1 # text = to protect its mistress from Lagree 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 protect protect 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 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Lagree Lagree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive | | | its mistress | | | from Lagree | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mistress=Beneficiary from lagree=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} to protect its mistress from Lagree who was trying to take her away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e3:o3:1 # text = to protect its mistress from Lagree who was trying to take her away 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Lagree Lagree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive | | | its mistress | | | from Lagree | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mistress=Beneficiary from lagree=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | mistress | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} to protect its mistress from Lagree after he had hit the cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:e3:o4:1 # text = to protect its mistress from Lagree after he had hit the cat 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 protect protect 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 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Lagree Lagree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 hit hit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive | | | its mistress | | | from Lagree | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mistress=Beneficiary from lagree=Theme | | 2 | **hit** | past · perfect | mistress | the cat | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cat=Co-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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1707-pg640-part31/e2/) - next →: [Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1707-pg640-part31/e4/) - ↑ back to [Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1707-pg640-part31/)