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title: You visit a shy dog for the first time. Which plan is best? — The dog that wags at last, and the one… · tree and pragmatics
description: You visit a shy dog for the first time. Which plan is best? Test 9 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · The dog that wags at last, and the one that never does

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You visit a shy dog for the first time. Which plan is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, plan · **What happens:** visit, be · **To what, where:** shy dog

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You visit a shy dog for the first time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t9:1
# text = You visit a shy dog for the first time.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present | You | a shy dog |  |  | time |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Co-Agent |

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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:* Which plan is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t9:2
# text = Which plan is best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which plan |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sit quietly, don't reach out, let it choose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t9:o1:1
# text = Sit quietly, don't reach out, let it choose
1	Sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **reach out** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **choose** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shake a toy in its face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t9:o2:1
# text = Shake a toy in its face
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | a toy |  | toy's face |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent toy=Theme in face=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pick it up so it can't hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t9:o3:1
# text = Pick it up so it can't hide
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **hide** | can | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Call it loudly over and over till it comes to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does:t9:o4:1
# text = Call it loudly over and over till it comes to you
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
7	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | loudly, over *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **come** | present | it |  | you |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location |

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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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