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title: Leo sneezes round dogs and the kids say he's faking to get attention… — Allergies, horses and farm animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo sneezes round dogs and the kids say he's faking to get attention, pass it on Test 19 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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 19 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals

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Leo sneezes round dogs and the kids say he's faking to get attention, pass it on

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, kids · **What happens:** sneeze, say, fake, get, pass on · **To what, where:** round dogs, attention · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t19:1
# text = Leo sneezes round dogs and the kids say he's faking to get attention, pass it on
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sneezes	sneeze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneeze** | present | Leo | round dogs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fake** | present · progressive | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | Leo *not said here* | attention |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |
| 5 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | attention |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Pass it on, so he stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t19:o1:1
# text = Pass it on, so he stops
1	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

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Do not pass it on; pet allergies are real and the rumour is unkind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t19:o2:1
# text = Do not pass it on; pet allergies are real and the rumour is unkind
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	allergies	allergy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pass on** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | pet allergies |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the rumour |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pass it on, because everybody knows sneezing round dogs is fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t19:o3:1
# text = Pass it on, because everybody knows sneezing round dogs is fake
1	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	sneezing	sneeze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
9	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | everybody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **sneeze** | gerund |  | round dogs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | sneezing |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pass it on, and add he cried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals:t19:o4:1
# text = Pass it on, and add he cried
1	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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