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title: Noah's dog has a warm, dry nose but is eating, drinking and playing… — Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah's dog has a warm, dry nose but is eating, drinking and playing normally. What's most likely? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

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Noah's dog has a warm, dry nose but is eating, drinking and playing normally. What's most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** have, eat, drink, play, be · **To what, where:** warm dry nose

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths 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/myths/12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah's dog has a warm, dry nose but is eating, drinking and playing normally.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t10:1
# text = Noah's dog has a warm, dry nose but is eating, drinking and playing normally.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
17	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Noah's dog | a warm dry nose |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | present · progressive | Noah's dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drink** | gerund | Noah's dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **play** | gerund | Noah's dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | normally *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's most likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t10:2
# text = What's most likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He is too hot and needs an ice bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t10:o1:1
# text = He is too hot and needs an ice bath
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | He *not said here* | a ice bath |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bath=Theme |

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

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He's probably fine; nose temperature changes through the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t10:o2:1
# text = He's probably fine; nose temperature changes through the day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | fine, probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | present | nose temperature |  |  |  | day |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is definitely ill and needs pills from the vet straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t10:o3:1
# text = He is definitely ill and needs pills from the vet straight away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | definitely, ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | He *not said here* | pills |  | the vet |  | away *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pill=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He has lost his sense of smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t10:o4:1
# text = He has lost his sense of smell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | He | his sense of smell |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sense** |  | his *= he* | smell |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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