A border collie takes command of sentence rules

Dog sniffs out grammar

I don't think this is particularly new but it is a nice piece of canine interpretation.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350585/description/Dog_sniffs_out_grammar

A border collie named Chaser participates in an experiment testing her ability to understand commands given before she can see any of the objects named in those directives. After hearing a four-word command, Chaser consistently turned around and carried the correct item from the head of the bed to the living room, where she placed it next the appropriate object.

 

 

Courtesy of J. Pilley