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title: Why is a hug around the neck a bad idea even with a gentle family dog? — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is a hug around the neck a bad idea even with a gentle family dog? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

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Why is a hug around the neck a bad idea even with a gentle family dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** hug, neck

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t9:1
# text = Why is a hug around the neck a bad idea even with a gentle family dog?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a hug and a bad idea with a gentle family dog |  | the neck |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Dogs only like hugs from adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t9:o1:1
# text = Dogs only like hugs from adults
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hugs	hug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It makes the dog's fur fall out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t9:o2:1
# text = It makes the dog's fur fall out
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the dog's fur |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material fur=Product |
| 2 | **fall out** | present |  |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dogs do not feel anything when they are hugged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t9:o3:1
# text = Dogs do not feel anything when they are hugged
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	hugged	hug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feel** | present · do-support | Dogs | anything |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **hug** | present · passive |  | Dogs *= dog* |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |

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

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Most dogs feel trapped and some may bite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t9:o4:1
# text = Most dogs feel trapped and some may bite
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Most dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **trap** | participle | Most dogs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bite** | may | some |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: 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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