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title: big dog running at me what do i do — Meeting a dog safely · tree and pragmatics
description: big dog running at me what do i do Test 11 · ★ 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.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

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big dog running at me what do i do

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big dog, i · **What happens:** run, do

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t11:1
# text = big dog running at me what do i do
1	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund | big dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at me | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present · do-support | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Stare it in the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t11:o1:1
# text = Stare it in the eyes
1	Stare	stare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the eyes |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout and wave your arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t11:o2:1
# text = Shout and wave your arms
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your arms |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run away as fast as you can, dogs are slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t11:o3:1
# text = Run away as fast as you can, dogs are slow
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | dogs |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Be a tree, still, arms in, look down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t11:o4:1
# text = Be a tree, still, arms in, look down
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a tree and arms |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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