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title: Which of these is the safest way to stroke a friendly dog after the… — Meeting a dog safely · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of these is the safest way to stroke a friendly dog after the owner says yes? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

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Which of these is the safest way to stroke a friendly dog after the owner says yes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** owner · **What happens:** be, stroke, say · **To what, where:** friendly dog · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t3:1
# text = Which of these is the safest way to stroke a friendly dog after the owner says yes?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stroke	stroke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
17	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the safest way | tree rules |
| 2 | **stroke** | to-infinitive |  | a friendly dog |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the owner |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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With your face pressed close to its face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t3:o1:1
# text = With your face pressed close to its face
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	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	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | participle |  | your face *not said here* |  |  |  | to face's face; close *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By pulling its ears to make it play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t3:o2:1
# text = By pulling its ears to make it play
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  | its ears |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Quickly on top of its head from above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t3:o3:1
# text = Quickly on top of its head from above
1	Quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	above	above	ADV	RB	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gently on its chest after it has sniffed you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t3:o4:1
# text = Gently on its chest after it has sniffed you
1	Gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** | present · perfect · passive |  | chest |  |  |  | gently *property* | tree rules |

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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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