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title: pavement's too hot for my hand, still ok to walk the dog? — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics
description: pavement's too hot for my hand, still ok to walk the dog? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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 wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

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pavement's too hot for my hand, still ok to walk the dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** walk · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t13:1
# text = pavement's too hot for my hand, still ok to walk the dog?
1	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  | the dog |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, if you walk him faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you walk him faster
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	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | you | him *= he* |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it can burn his paws, wait till cooler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t13:o2:1
# text = No, it can burn his paws, wait till cooler
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	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	till	till	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	cooler	cool	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | can | it | his paws |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paw=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | cool, till *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if he has had a drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, if he has had a drink
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | he | a drink |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, dogs' paws never get burned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, dogs' paws never get burned
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **burn** | present · passive |  | dogs's paws *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V» |

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