--- title: What would happen if Sam had let his dog off the lead near the swans? — Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: anim… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if Sam had let his dog off the lead near the swans? Test 5 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/t5/) [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/) / [Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: anim…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/) / t5 # Test 5 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you… What would happen if Sam had let his dog off the lead near the swans? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, let · **To what, where:** Sam This is test 5 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t5:1 # text = What would happen if Sam had let his dog off the lead near the swans? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 off off ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 near near ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | Sam | | | | off the lead near the swans | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, swans never fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t5:o1:1 # text = Nothing, swans never fight 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fight** | present | swans | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The swan could hurt the dog badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t5:o2:1 # text = The swan could hurt the dog badly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | could | the swan | the dog | | | | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The swan would fly away scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t5:o3:1 # text = The swan would fly away scared 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | would | the swan | | | | | away, scared *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dog would make friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends:t5:o4:1 # text = The dog would make friends 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | the dog | friends | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product | **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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