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title: Ascertain whether a notice reading "No dogs allowed" applies to a pu… — Some, all, none and "not all" · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain whether a notice reading "No dogs allowed" applies to a puppy. Exam question 4 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "not all"» 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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# Exam question 4 · Some, all, none and "not all"

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ascertain whether a notice reading "No dogs allowed" applies to a puppy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, notice · **What happens:** ascertain, read, allow, apply · **To what, where:** dogs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "not all"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/185-some-all-none-and-not-all/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e4:1
# text = Ascertain whether a notice reading "No dogs allowed" applies to a puppy.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | gerund | a notice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **allow** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | no dogs |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **apply** | present | a notice |  |  |  |  | to a puppy | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It does not apply, since a puppy is not a dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e4:o1:1
# text = It does not apply, since a puppy is not a dog
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	apply	apply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **apply** | present · do-support | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | a puppy | a dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It applies, since a puppy is a young dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e4:o2:1
# text = It applies, since a puppy is a young dog
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a puppy | a young dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It applies only when the puppy is unaccompanied

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e4:o3:1
# text = It applies only when the puppy is unaccompanied
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the puppy |  |  |  |  | unaccompanied *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It applies only to puppies of large breeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:185-some-all-none-and-not-all:e4:o4:1
# text = It applies only to puppies of large breeds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	breeds	breed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to puppies of large breeds | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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