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# Test 11 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

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«a dog that bit once was just having a bad day, it won't happen again». True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, it · **What happens:** bite, have, not happen

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 459 «The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does» 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/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «a dog that bit once was just having a bad day, it won't happen again».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t11:1
# text = «a dog that bit once was just having a bad day, it won't happen again».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** *in a quote* | past | a dog |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past · progressive | a dog |  |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **happen** *in a quote* | future | it |  |  |  | again |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t11:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, dogs bite once in a lifetime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, dogs bite once in a lifetime
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | dogs |  |  | a lifetime |  | once *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in lifetime=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if you say sorry to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you say sorry to it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | present | you |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it will bite every day now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t11:o3:1
# text = No, it will bite every day now
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | future | it |  |  |  | now; day |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, a dog that bit can bite again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t11:o4:1
# text = No, a dog that bit can bite again
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | can | a dog |  |  |  | again |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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