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title: In a film, a shy rescue dog leaps into a girl's arms on day one. Wha… — The dog that wags at last, and the one… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a shy rescue dog leaps into a girl's arms on day one. What's real life usually like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 459 «The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 4 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

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In a film, a shy rescue dog leaps into a girl's arms on day one. What's real life usually like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shy rescue dog, real life · **What happens:** leap, be · **To what, where:** film

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a shy rescue dog leaps into a girl's arms on day one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t4:1
# text = In a film, a shy rescue dog leaps into a girl's arms on day one.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	leaps	leap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leap** | present | a shy rescue dog |  |  | a film |  | into a girl's arms on day | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into arm=Destination |

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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 real life usually like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t4:2
# text = What's real life usually like?
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	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | real life |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It works if the girl wears red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t4:o1:1
# text = It works if the girl wears red
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the girl |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every rescue dog jumps on you on the very first day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t4:o2:1
# text = Every rescue dog jumps on you on the very first day
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | present | every rescue dog |  |  |  | day | on you | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on you=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rescue dogs never trust anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t4:o3:1
# text = Rescue dogs never trust anyone
1	Rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trust** | present | Rescue dogs | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |

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

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It takes weeks or months, step by step

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t4:o4:1
# text = It takes weeks or months, step by step
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It |  |  |  | week | by step | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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