--- title: dog did that bum in the air front legs down thing — Reading a dog's body language · tree and pragmatics description: dog did that bum in the air front legs down thing Test 12 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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · Reading a dog's body language dog did that bum in the air front legs down thing **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** do down · **To what, where:** bum, air This is test 12 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t12:1 # text = dog did that bum in the air front legs down thing 1 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 bum bum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do down** | past | dog | that bum | | the air | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It is about to bite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t12:o1:1 # text = It is about to bite 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bite** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is very tired out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t12:o2:1 # text = It is very tired out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | out, tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is hurt somewhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t12:o3:1 # text = It is hurt somewhere 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | | It | | | | somewhere *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It wants to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t12:o4:1 # text = It wants to 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 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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