--- title: Which is true about a dog barking behind its own fence? — Neighbours, deliveries, heating and co… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about a dog barking behind its own fence? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» of the everyday 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/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/t8/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Neighbours, deliveries, heating and co…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling Which is true about a dog barking behind its own fence? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** be, bark · **To what, where:** own fence This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 117 «Neighbours, deliveries, heating and cooling» of the everyday 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/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t8:1 # text = Which is true about a dog barking behind its own fence? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 barking bark VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about a dog; true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bark** | gerund | a dog *not said here* | | | dog's own fence | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} It barks only because it wants a treat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t8:o1:1 # text = It barks only because it wants a treat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 barks bark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 treat treat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | present | It | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **want** | present | it | a treat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot treat=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It wants you to climb over the fence and play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t8:o2:1 # text = It wants you to climb over the fence and play 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | It | you | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **climb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the fence and play | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It may bite a hand that comes through ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t8:o3:1 # text = It may bite a hand that comes through 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 through through ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | may | It | a hand | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 2 | **come through** | present | a hand | | | | | through *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Barking dogs never ever bite anyone at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating:t8:o4:1 # text = Barking dogs never ever bite anyone at all 1 Barking bark VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 bite bite VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **bite** | infinitive | Barking dogs | anyone | | all | ever | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient at all=Location | **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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