--- title: our dog snapped at me when he hurt his paw — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics description: our dog snapped at me when he hurt his paw Test 13 · ★★★ 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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal our dog snapped at me when he hurt his paw **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** snap, hurt · **To what, where:** paw This is test 13 · ★★★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t13:1 # text = our dog snapped at me when he hurt his paw 1 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | past | our dog | | | | | at me | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at i=Location | | 2 | **hurt** | past | dog | dog's paw | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer paw=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Dogs never feel pain in their paws, so it wasn't that ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t13:o1:1 # text = Dogs never feel pain in their paws, so it wasn't that 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 13 that that ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **feel** | present | Dogs | pain | | Dogs's paws | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pain=Theme in paw=Location | | 2 | **not** **be** | past | pain | | | | | that *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was just playing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t13:o2:1 # text = He was just playing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past · progressive | He | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Animals in pain may bite even people they love ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t13:o3:1 # text = Animals in pain may bite even people they love 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | may | Animals in pain | people | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 2 | **love** | present | Animals *= animal* | people *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} He doesn't love you any more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t13:o4:1 # text = He doesn't love you any more 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 any any ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **love** | present · do-support | He | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | **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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