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title: In a cartoon, the hero tickles a growling guard dog and it turns int… — The bulldog next door who never likes… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the hero tickles a growling guard dog and it turns into a puppy. What's wrong with that? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 456 «The bulldog next door who never likes you» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you

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In a cartoon, the hero tickles a growling guard dog and it turns into a puppy. What's wrong with that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hero · **What happens:** tickle, turn, be · **To what, where:** guard dog, cartoon

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the hero tickles a growling guard dog and it turns into a puppy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, the hero tickles a growling guard dog and it turns into a puppy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tickles	tickle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	growling	growling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tickle** | present | the hero | a guard dog |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer |
| 2 | **turn** | present | hero |  |  |  |  | into a puppy *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into puppy=Result |

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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's wrong with that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t5:2
# text = What's wrong with that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, tickling always calms dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing, tickling always calms dogs
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	tickling	tickle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	calms	calm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tickle** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **calm** | present | Nothing | dogs |  |  |  | always *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Real guard dogs may bite a stranger who reaches in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t5:o2:1
# text = Real guard dogs may bite a stranger who reaches in
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | may | Real guard dogs | a stranger |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Patient |
| 2 | **reach in** | present | a stranger |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dogs can't hear anything at all while they're growling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t5:o3:1
# text = Dogs can't hear anything at all while they're growling
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	growling	growl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | Dogs | anything |  | all |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
| 2 | **growl** | present · progressive | Dogs *= dog* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only cartoon dogs ever growl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:456-the-bulldog-next-door-who-never-likes-you:t5:o4:1
# text = Only cartoon dogs ever growl
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	growl	growl	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 | **growl** | present | cartoon dogs |  |  |  | ever |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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