--- title: «big dog coming at us, RUN!!» What's the safer thing to do? — Self-defence or just stupid? · tree and pragmatics description: «big dog coming at us, RUN!!» What's the safer thing to do? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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/377-self-defence-or-just-stupid/t4/) [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/) / [Self-defence or just stupid?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/377-self-defence-or-just-stupid/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid? «big dog coming at us, RUN!!» What's the safer thing to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big dog, safer thing · **What happens:** come, run, be, do This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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/377-self-defence-or-just-stupid/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «big dog coming at us, RUN!!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t4:1 # text = «big dog coming at us, RUN!!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 RUN run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 !! !! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | big dog *not said here* | | | | | at us | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at we=Location | | 2 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | big dog | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* What's the safer thing to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t4:2 # text = What's the safer thing to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the safer thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the safer thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Run away as fast as you can and don't look back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t4:o1:1 # text = Run away as fast as you can and don't look back 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **look back** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stand still, arms down, call for the owner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t4:o2:1 # text = Stand still, arms down, call for the owner 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | still | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for the owner | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for owner=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wave your arms and scream at it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t4:o3:1 # text = Wave your arms and scream at it 1 Wave wave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 scream scream VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | imperative | you *not said here* | your arms | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | it | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at it=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Throw your bag at it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:377-self-defence-or-just-stupid:t4:o4:1 # text = Throw your bag at it 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | your bag | | bag | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bag=Theme at it=Destination | **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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