--- title: cute dog tied outside the shop, can i pat it — Meeting a dog safely · tree and pragmatics description: cute dog tied outside the shop, can i pat it Test 10 · ★ 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; 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/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/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/) / [Meeting a dog safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely cute dog tied outside the shop, can i pat it **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cute dog · **What happens:** tie, pat · **To what, where:** cute dog, shop This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 22 «Meeting a dog safely» 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/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t10:1 # text = cute dog tied outside the shop, can i pat it 1 cute cute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 outside outside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pat pat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | participle | | cute dog *not said here* | | | | outside the shop | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **pat** | can | cute dog | shop | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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, if it wags ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, if it wags 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wags wag VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | present | it | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, not without the owner saying yes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t10:o2:1 # text = No, not without the owner saying yes 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 4 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 8 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the owner | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yes, quickly before it moves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, quickly before it moves 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | it | | | | | quickly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, on the top of its head ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t10:o4:1 # text = Yes, on the top of its head 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 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 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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