--- title: knocked over by a dog — Meeting a dog safely · tree and pragmatics description: knocked over by a dog Test 12 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/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/) / [Meeting a dog safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/22-meeting-a-dog-safely/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely knocked over by a dog **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** knock over This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t12:1 # text = knocked over by a dog 1 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock over** | participle | | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | 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} Kick at the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t12:o1:1 # text = Kick at the dog 1 Kick kick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at the dog | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at dog=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Be a rock, curl up, cover your head and neck ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t12:o2:1 # text = Be a rock, curl up, cover your head and neck 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 curl curl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | | a rock | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **curl up** | infinitive | a rock | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cover** | infinitive | a rock *not said here* | your head and neck | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lie flat with arms out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t12:o3:1 # text = Lie flat with arms out 1 Lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 flat flat ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with arms; flat, out *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Roll around and scream ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t12:o4:1 # text = Roll around and scream 1 Roll roll VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 around around ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 scream scream VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll around** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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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