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description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "to have a pet put to sleep". Exam question 3 of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Exam question 3 · What people leave behind

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Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "to have a pet put to sleep".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most, expression · **What happens:** select, characteris, have, put · **To what, where:** response, expression, pet

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» of the adult life 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/adult-life/26-what-people-leave-behind/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the expression "to have a pet put to sleep".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	TO	_	17	case	_	_
17	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | the expression |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | a pet |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Patient |
| 4 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | the expression *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to sleep | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To have a veterinary surgeon end its life painlessly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e3:o1:1
# text = To have a veterinary surgeon end its life painlessly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	painlessly	painlessly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | a surgeon end |  |  |  | painlessly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To transfer it permanently to another household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e3:o2:1
# text = To transfer it permanently to another household
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	transfer	transfer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transfer** | to-infinitive |  | it | another household |  |  | permanently *property* | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to household=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To leave it overnight at a boarding kennel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e3:o3:1
# text = To leave it overnight at a boarding kennel
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	boarding	boarding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | it |  | a boarding kennel |  | overnight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at kennel=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To administer medicine so that it sleeps for a long period

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e3:o4:1
# text = To administer medicine so that it sleeps for a long period
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	administer	administer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | to-infinitive |  | medicine |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | present | medicine |  |  |  |  | for a long period | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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