--- title: A puppy keeps sniffing the ground on a walk. What is it doing? — Senses of animals: how they see, hear… · tree and pragmatics description: A puppy keeps sniffing the ground on a walk. What is it doing? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/79-senses-of-animals/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Senses of animals: how they see, hear…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/79-senses-of-animals/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell A puppy keeps sniffing the ground on a walk. What is it doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** puppy · **What happens:** keep, sniff, do · **To what, where:** ground, walk This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Senses of animals: how they see, hear and smell» 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/79-senses-of-animals/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A puppy keeps sniffing the ground on a walk. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t9:1 # text = A puppy keeps sniffing the ground on a walk. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sniffing sniff VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | a puppy | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sniff** | gerund | a puppy *not said here* | the ground | | a walk | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is it doing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t9:2 # text = What is it doing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | puppy | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Reading the smells left by other animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t9:o1:1 # text = Reading the smells left by other animals 1 Reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 smells smell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | the smells | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | the smells *not said here* | | | | by other animals | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by animal=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Testing the ground for ultraviolet light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t9:o2:1 # text = Testing the ground for ultraviolet light 1 Testing test VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 ultraviolet ultraviolet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | gerund | | the ground | | | | for ultraviolet light | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent ground=Theme for light=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} Listening to worms under the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t9:o3:1 # text = Listening to worms under the ground 1 Listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 worms worm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | gerund | | | | the ground | | to worms | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to worm=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Looking for warm spots to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:79-senses-of-animals:t9:o4:1 # text = Looking for warm spots to sleep 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | for warm spots | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for spot=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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