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title: Why'd the lapdog bark so bad? — Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the lapdog bark so bad? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» 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.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra…

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Why'd the lapdog bark so bad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» of the books 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/books/637-pg23661-part5/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t12:1
# text = Why'd the lapdog bark so bad?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He saw a ship and the bun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t12:o1:1
# text = He saw a ship and the bun
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bun	bun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | He | a ship and the bun |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was on about the postman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t12:o2:1
# text = He was on about the postman
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	postman	postman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | about the postman; on *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was on about ships and the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t12:o3:1
# text = He was on about ships and the dragon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | ships and the dragon |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was on about ships, the dragon and the buns in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t12:o4:1
# text = He was on about ships, the dragon and the buns in the square
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	buns	bun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | ships and the dragon and the buns in the square |  |  | tree rules |

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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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