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# Test 10 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

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Lily won't walk down the street for a week because of the «locking jaw» story. What helps most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lily · **What happens:** not walk down, lock, help · **To what, where:** street

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 456 «The bulldog next door who never likes you» 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/456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily won't walk down the street for a week because of the «locking jaw» story.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t10:1
# text = Lily won't walk down the street for a week because of the «locking jaw» story.
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	locking	lock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	jaw	jaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk down** | future | Lily | the street |  |  | week | because the jaw story | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme street=Trajectory |
| 2 | **lock** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What helps most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t10:2
# text = What helps most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Believing everything big brothers say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t10:o1:1
# text = Believing everything big brothers say
1	Believing	believe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	compound	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Believing everything big brothers |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Testing it on Tank herself, from just behind the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t10:o2:1
# text = Testing it on Tank herself, from just behind the gate
1	Testing	test	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | gerund |  | it |  | Tank |  | from the gate; Tank *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Checking the story with a grown-up and keeping a safe distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t10:o3:1
# text = Checking the story with a grown-up and keeping a safe distance
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | the story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund |  | a safe distance |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never leaving the house again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t10:o4:1
# text = Never leaving the house again
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | gerund |  | the house |  |  | again |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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