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description: It being given that a dog has swallowed a sock, select the appropriate course of action. Exam question 3 of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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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# Exam question 3 · Dogs and rabbits in your care

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It being given that a dog has swallowed a sock, select the appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** give, swallow, select · **To what, where:** It, dog, appropriate course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e3:1
# text = It being given that a dog has swallowed a sock, select the appropriate course of action.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **swallow** | present · perfect · passive |  | a dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **select** | infinitive |  | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To pull it out through the mouth oneself, however far down the sock may have gone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e3:o1:1
# text = To pull it out through the mouth oneself, however far down the sock may have gone
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	however	however	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | to-infinitive |  | it |  | the mouth |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | may · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To feed the dog a large meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e3:o2:1
# text = To feed the dog a large meal
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  | a large meal | the dog |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient meal=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To wait until it passes naturally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e3:o3:1
# text = To wait until it passes naturally
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	naturally	naturally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | present | it |  |  |  |  | naturally *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To inform an adult straight away, as a veterinary surgeon may be required

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e3:o4:1
# text = To inform an adult straight away, as a veterinary surgeon may be required
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	inform	inform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | a adult |  |  | away *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **require** | may · passive |  | a veterinary surgeon |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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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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