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title: lady's guide dog is SO cute, can i pat it — Respect for first peoples, older peopl… · tree and pragmatics
description: lady's guide dog is SO cute, can i pat it Test 11 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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 11 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

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lady's guide dog is SO cute, can i pat it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** guide dog, i · **What happens:** be, pat · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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/227-older-people-and-disabilities/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t11:1
# text = lady's guide dog is SO cute, can i pat it
1	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	SO	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	cute	cute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	pat	pat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | guide dog |  |  |  |  | cute *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pat** | can | i | dog |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, never distract a working guide dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t11:o1:1
# text = No, never distract a working guide dog
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	distract	distract	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	working	working	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **distract** | imperative | you *not said here* | a guide dog |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if you give it a treat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t11:o2:1
# text = Only if you give it a treat
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	treat	treat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient treat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you're quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you're quick
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, guide dogs love strangers patting them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, guide dogs love strangers patting them
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	patting	pat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | guide dogs | strangers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pat** | gerund | strangers *not said here* | strangers *= stranger* |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Experiencer |

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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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