--- title: A boy in Leeds walks past a growling dog at a gate. Why should he no… — Facing fears · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Leeds walks past a growling dog at a gate. Why should he not run? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Facing fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Facing fears A boy in Leeds walks past a growling dog at a gate. Why should he not run? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** walk, not run · **To what, where:** gate This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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/90-facing-fears/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Leeds walks past a growling dog at a gate. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t1:1 # text = A boy in Leeds walks past a growling dog at a gate. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Leeds Leeds PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 past past ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 growling growling NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | a boy in Leeds | | | a gate | | past a growling dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past dog=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why should he not run? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t1:2 # text = Why should he not run? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run** | should | boy | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Running makes the dog bark louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t1:o1:1 # text = Running makes the dog bark louder 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 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 5 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | | the dog bark | | | | loud *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bark=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} He would get too tired to run home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t1:o2:1 # text = He would get too tired to run home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | He | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Running can make a dog chase him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t1:o3:1 # text = Running can make a dog chase him 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | can | | a dog | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **chase** | infinitive | a dog *not said here* | dog | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dogs only chase children dressed in red ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t1:o4:1 # text = Dogs only chase children dressed in red 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 chase chase VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | present | Dogs | children | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dress** | participle | Dogs *not said here* | | | red | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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