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title: Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland. What protects him… — Meeting a dog safely · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland. What protects him best? Test 5 · ★ 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Meeting a dog safely

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Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland. What protects him best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** jumping dog · **What happens:** knock over, jump, protect · **To what, where:** Leo

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t5:1
# text = Leo is knocked over by a jumping dog in Auckland.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock over** | present · passive | a jumping dog in Auckland | Leo |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What protects him best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t5:2
# text = What protects him best?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present |  |  | Leo |  |  | well *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pushing the dog's face away hard with both his hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t5:o1:1
# text = Pushing the dog's face away hard with both his hands
1	Pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	both	both	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund |  | the dog's face |  |  |  | with dog's hands; away, hard *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rolling around and shouting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t5:o2:1
# text = Rolling around and shouting
1	Rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	around	around	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll around** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Curling into a ball and covering his head and neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t5:o3:1
# text = Curling into a ball and covering his head and neck
1	Curling	curl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lying on his back with his arms out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:22-meeting-a-dog-safely:t5:o4:1
# text = Lying on his back with his arms out
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | his back |  | with his arms; out *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location |

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