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title: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance whe… — Meeting a dog safely · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where a child has been knocked to the ground by a dog. Exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 4 · Meeting a dog safely

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Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where a child has been knocked to the ground by a dog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, dog · **What happens:** select, be, establish, knock · **To what, where:** response, child, ground

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with established guidance where a child has been knocked to the ground by a dog.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with established guidance; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **knock** | present · perfect · passive | a dog | a child |  | the ground |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to ground=Destination |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To curl into a ball and cover the head and neck with the hands and arms

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e4:o1:1
# text = To curl into a ball and cover the head and neck with the hands and arms
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	curl	curl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curl** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a ball |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ball=Destination |
| 2 | **cover** | infinitive |  | the head and neck |  |  |  | with the hands and arms | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with hand=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To shout loudly and strike the dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e4:o2:1
# text = To shout loudly and strike the dog
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	strike	strike	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **strike** | infinitive |  | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent dog=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To lie flat upon the back and kick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e4:o3:1
# text = To lie flat upon the back and kick
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the back and kick |  | flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon back=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To grasp the dog by the collar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:e4:o4:1
# text = To grasp the dog by the collar
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grasp	grasp	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | to-infinitive |  | the dog |  |  |  | by the collar | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus |

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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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