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title: leaving the dog in the car while we shop, windows a bit open, ok? — Kindness to animals · tree and pragmatics
description: leaving the dog in the car while we shop, windows a bit open, ok? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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 right.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Kindness to animals

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leaving the dog in the car while we shop, windows a bit open, ok?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** leave, shop · **To what, where:** dog, car

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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/207-kindness-to-animals/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t13:1
# text = leaving the dog in the car while we shop, windows a bit open, ok?
1	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | the dog |  | the car |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dog=Theme in car=Location |
| 2 | **shop** |  | we |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, the window gap lets in plenty of air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, the window gap lets in plenty of air
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | the window gap | plenty of air |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, cars get hot fast and dogs can die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t13:o2:1
# text = No, cars get hot fast and dogs can die
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | cars |  |  |  |  | fast, hot *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **die** | can | dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, if it's only 10 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, if it's only 10 minutes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 10 minutes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if he has a toy to play with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t13:o4:1
# text = Only if he has a toy to play with
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | he | a toy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a toy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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