--- title: dog keeps chasing the cyclists, why — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics description: dog keeps chasing the cyclists, why Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/30-thinking-like-an-animal/t10/) [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/) / [Thinking like an animal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/30-thinking-like-an-animal/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal dog keeps chasing the cyclists, why **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** keep, chase · **To what, where:** cyclists This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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/30-thinking-like-an-animal/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t10:1 # text = dog keeps chasing the cyclists, why 1 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 chasing chase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cyclists cyclist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | dog | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chase** | gerund | dog *not said here* | the cyclists | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cyclist=Theme | 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} He's bored of walks ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t10:o1:1 # text = He's bored of walks 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bored bore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 walks walk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bore** | present · passive | | He | | | | of walks | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Instinct to chase things that run ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t10:o2:1 # text = Instinct to chase things that run 1 Instinct instinct NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | to-infinitive | | things | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 2 | **run** | present | things | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He wants a bike ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t10:o3:1 # text = He wants a bike 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | He | a bike | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bike=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He thinks they are lost and wants to help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t10:o4:1 # text = He thinks they are lost and wants to help 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | present · passive | | they | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **want** | present | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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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