--- title: Owner, running: «WHO let my dog off?!» The boy did, trying to be kin… — Going where you're not allowed · tree and pragmatics description: Owner, running: «WHO let my dog off?!» The boy did, trying to be kind. What should he do? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/t9/) [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/) / [Going where you're not allowed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Going where you're not allowed Owner, running: «WHO let my dog off?!» The boy did, trying to be kind. What should he do? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Owner, boy · **What happens:** run, let off, do, try, be · **To what, where:** dog This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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/349-going-where-youre-not-allowed/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Owner, running: «WHO let my dog off?!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:t9:1 # text = Owner, running: «WHO let my dog off?!» 1 Owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 WHO who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ?! ?! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | Owner | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let off** *in a quote* | past | | my dog | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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. *Sentence 2:* The boy did, trying to be kind. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:t9:2 # text = The boy did, trying to be kind. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the boy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **try** | gerund | the boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What should he do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:t9:3 # text = What should he do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | boy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Run home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:t9:o1:1 # text = Run home 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Blame another child ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:t9:o2:1 # text = Blame another child 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | another child | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Say the dog slipped out by itself under the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:t9:o3:1 # text = Say the dog slipped out by itself under the gate 1 Say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **slip out** | past | the Say dog | | | the gate | | by dog | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Own up, say sorry and help look for the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:349-going-where-youre-not-allowed:t9:o4:1 # text = Own up, say sorry and help look for the dog 1 Own own VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for the dog | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for dog=Theme | **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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