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# Test 3 · ★ · Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice

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«got 2 Syrian hamsters for my bday, put em together so they're not lonely» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hamsters, best answer · **What happens:** get, put, not be, be · **To what, where:** 2 Syrian hamsters

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» of the biology 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/biology/202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t3:1
# text = «got 2 Syrian hamsters for my bday, put em together so they're not lonely» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bday	bday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	em	em	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	advcl	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	23	amod	_	_
23	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past |  | 2 Syrian hamsters |  |  |  | for my bday | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme for bday=Source |
| 2 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | hamsters *= hamster* |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Good idea, they love company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t3:o1:1
# text = Good idea, they love company
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | they | Good idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only keep them together at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t3:o2:1
# text = Only keep them together at night
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | night | together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Keep them apart, Syrian hamsters fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t3:o3:1
# text = Keep them apart, Syrian hamsters fight
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | present | Syrian hamsters |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Put a third one in too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:202-hamsters-gerbils-and-pet-rats-and-mice:t3:o4:1
# text = Put a third one in too
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a third one |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent one=Goal |

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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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