--- title: dog's wagging, so he's friendly yeah? — Reading a dog's body language · tree and pragmatics description: dog's wagging, so he's friendly yeah? Test 10 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» 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/21-reading-a-dog/t10/) [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/) / [Reading a dog's body language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/) / t10 # Test 10 · Reading a dog's body language dog's wagging, so he's friendly yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** wag, be This is test 10 of lesson 21 «Reading a dog's body language» 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/21-reading-a-dog/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t10:1 # text = dog's wagging, so he's friendly yeah? 1 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 wagging wag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 9 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | gerund | | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | dog | | | | | friendly *property* | tree rules | 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} Yes, unless it's barking its head off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, unless it's barking its head off 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark off** | present · progressive | it | its head | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, as long as the tail is held high ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, as long as the tail is held high 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present · passive | | the tail | | | | high *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yes, wagging always means it's friendly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, wagging always means it's friendly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 wagging wag VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | gerund | | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | wagging | | | | | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | it | | | | | friendly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Not always, look at the whole body ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t10:o4:1 # text = Not always, look at the whole body 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at the whole body; always *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at body=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. 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