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description: It is a sunny July afternoon in Phoenix and the sidewalk feels burning to the back of your hand. What does this mean for a dog walk? Test 6 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

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It is a sunny July afternoon in Phoenix and the sidewalk feels burning to the back of your hand. What does this mean for a dog walk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, sidewalk, this · **What happens:** be, feel, burn, mean, walk · **To what, where:** sunny July afternoon, Phoenix · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is a sunny July afternoon in Phoenix and the sidewalk feels burning to the back of your hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t6:1
# text = It is a sunny July afternoon in Phoenix and the sidewalk feels burning to the back of your hand.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sidewalk	sidewalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a sunny July afternoon |  | Phoenix |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | present | the sidewalk |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund | the sidewalk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the back of your hand | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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:* What does this mean for a dog walk?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t6:2
# text = What does this mean for a dog walk?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for a dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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It could burn the dog's paws, so wait or use the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t6:o1:1
# text = It could burn the dog's paws, so wait or use the grass
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | could | It | the dog's paws |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paw=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | infinitive |  | the grass |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A walk is fine if the dog walks fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t6:o2:1
# text = A walk is fine if the dog walks fast
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a walk |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the dog |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only puppies can be burned by pavements

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t6:o3:1
# text = Only puppies can be burned by pavements
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pavements	pavement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | can · passive | pavements | puppies |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dogs' paws never feel heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t6:o4:1
# text = Dogs' paws never feel heat
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feel** | present | Dogs's paws | heat |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |

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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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