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description: In a cartoon the dog's rope stretches like chewing gum until he reaches the bone. Put the cartoon right. Test 11 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 11 · ★ · Trick questions that catch quick thinkers

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In a cartoon the dog's rope stretches like chewing gum until he reaches the bone. Put the cartoon right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog, you · **What happens:** stretch, chew, reach, put · **To what, where:** cartoon, gum, bone

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world 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/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon the dog's rope stretches like chewing gum until he reaches the bone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon the dog's rope stretches like chewing gum until he reaches the bone.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	stretches	stretch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | present |  |  |  | a cartoon  the dog's rope |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **chew** | gerund |  | gum |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient |
| 3 | **reach** | present | dog | the bone |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bone=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Put the cartoon right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t11:2
# text = Put the cartoon right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	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 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cartoon |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bone was only 3 metres away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t11:o1:1
# text = The bone was only 3 metres away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	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 a** | past | the bone | 3 metres |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real ropes stretch two metres easily when pulled hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t11:o2:1
# text = Real ropes stretch two metres easily when pulled hard
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stretch	stretch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | present | Real ropes | two metres |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent metre=Patient |
| 2 | **pull** | participle | Real ropes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nobody said the rope was tied to anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t11:o3:1
# text = Nobody said the rope was tied to anything
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tie** | past · passive |  | the rope |  |  |  | to anything | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to anything=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dogs grow longer when they are hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t11:o4:1
# text = Dogs grow longer when they are hungry
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Dogs |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Dogs *= dog* |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

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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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