--- title: ★★ «The dog which was barking loudly, ran away.» What is missing? — Relative clauses · tree and pragmatics description: ★★ «The dog which was barking loudly, ran away.» What is missing? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» of the English 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/english/30-relative-clauses/t3/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Relative clauses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · Relative clauses ★★ «The dog which was barking loudly, ran away.» What is missing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, ★ · **What happens:** bark, run away, be This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» of the English 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/english/30-relative-clauses/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★ «The dog which was barking loudly, ran away.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t3:1 # text = ★★ «The dog which was barking loudly, ran away.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the dog | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run away** *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* What is missing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t3:2 # text = What is missing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | missing *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A comma after «ran» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t3:o1:1 # text = A comma after «ran» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 comma comma NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 after after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** *in a quote* | past | a comma *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A full stop after «dog» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t3:o2:1 # text = A full stop after «dog» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, it is correct ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t3:o3:1 # text = Nothing, it is correct 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | correct *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A comma after «dog» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t3:o4:1 # text = A comma after «dog» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 comma comma NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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