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description: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a dog in pain. Exam question 4 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 4 · Dogs and rabbits in your care

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Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a dog in pain.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established guidance · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, dog, pain

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning a dog in pain.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with established guidance; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | established guidance *not said here* | a dog |  | pain |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dog=Experiencer |

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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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It should be hugged closely in order to comfort it and calm it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e4:o1:1
# text = It should be hugged closely in order to comfort it and calm it down
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hugged	hug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	comfort	comfort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hug** | should · passive |  | It |  | order |  | closely *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **comfort** | to-infinitive |  | order |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
| 3 | **calm down** | infinitive |  | order |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It should be lifted by the child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e4:o2:1
# text = It should be lifted by the child
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lifted	lift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | should · passive | the child | It |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It will remain gentle with children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e4:o3:1
# text = It will remain gentle with children
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | future | It |  |  |  |  | with children; gentle *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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It may bite even its own family, so an adult should handle it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:e4:o4:1
# text = It may bite even its own family, so an adult should handle it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | may | It | its own family |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |
| 2 | **handle** | should | a adult | family |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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