--- title: grandma's dog bit my cousin, but he's always been nice?? — Reading a dog's body language · tree and pragmatics description: grandma's dog bit my cousin, but he's always been nice?? Test 15 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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · Reading a dog's body language grandma's dog bit my cousin, but he's always been nice?? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** bite, be · **To what, where:** cousin This is test 15 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t15:1 # text = grandma's dog bit my cousin, but he's always been nice?? 1 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 cop _ _ 13 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past | grandma's dog | my cousin | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | dog | | | | | always, nice *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He must be a bad dog now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t15:o1:1 # text = He must be a bad dog now 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | must | He | a bad dog | | | now | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Even friendly dogs bite when scared or hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t15:o2:1 # text = Even friendly dogs bite when scared or hurt 1 Even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | friendly dogs | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hurt** | participle | friendly dogs *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dogs only bite people they do not know ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t15:o3:1 # text = Dogs only bite people they do not know 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | Dogs | people | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | Dogs *= dog* | people *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was only trying to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:21-reading-a-dog:t15:o4:1 # text = He was only trying to play 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | He | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | 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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