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# Test 4 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

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Grandad's old dog Rex is eleven. Your uncle says, "No point teaching him anything now." What would happen if you tried for a week with treats?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old dog, uncle, point, you · **What happens:** be, say, teach, happen, try · **To what, where:** eleven, anything, uncle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad's old dog Rex is eleven.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t4:1
# text = Grandad's old dog Rex is eleven.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	Rex	Rex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Grandad's old dog | eleven |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Your uncle says, "No point teaching him anything now."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t4:2
# text = Your uncle says, "No point teaching him anything now."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	teaching	teach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	ccomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | gerund | no point | anything | uncle |  | now |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What would happen if you tried for a week with treats?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t4:3
# text = What would happen if you tried for a week with treats?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you |  |  |  | week | with treats | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Rex would definitely learn nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t4:o1:1
# text = Rex would definitely learn nothing
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | would | Rex | nothing |  |  |  | definitely *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Rex could well learn a new trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t4:o2:1
# text = Rex could well learn a new trick
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | could | Rex | a new trick |  |  |  | well *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rex would get younger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t4:o3:1
# text = Rex would get younger
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | Rex |  |  |  |  | young *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rex would forget how to sit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t4:o4:1
# text = Rex would forget how to sit
1	Rex	Rex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | would | Rex |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **sit** | to-infinitive | Rex *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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