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title: What would happen if Leo's dog only ever barked when someone was at… — "If... then..." and its traps · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Leo's dog only ever barked when someone was at the door? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · "If... then..." and its traps

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What would happen if Leo's dog only ever barked when someone was at the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone · **What happens:** happen, bark, be · **To what, where:** dog, door

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» 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/184-if-then-and-its-traps/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t10:1
# text = What would happen if Leo's dog only ever barked when someone was at the door?
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	_	10	mark	_	_
5	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	barked	bark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 | **bark** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive |  | Leo's dog |  |  | ever |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | someone |  |  | the door |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Then "he's barking, so someone's there" would work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t10:o1:1
# text = Then "he's barking, so someone's there" would work
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	there	there	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** *in a quote* | present · progressive | he | someone's there |  |  | then |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | would | barking |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leo's reasoning would still be wrong, whatever the dog did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t10:o2:1
# text = Leo's reasoning would still be wrong, whatever the dog did
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Leo's reasoning |  |  |  | still | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **reason** |  | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | nom reasoning «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Squirrels would stop coming to the garden near the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t10:o3:1
# text = Squirrels would stop coming to the garden near the door
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | Squirrels |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | Squirrels *not said here* |  |  | the door |  | to the garden | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to garden=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dog would stop barking at anything ever again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t10:o4:1
# text = The dog would stop barking at anything ever again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bark** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  | again | at anything | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at anything=Stimulus |

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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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