--- title: What would happen to a pet rat that was given nothing hard to chew f… — Rats and mice in the city, and the ele… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to a pet rat that was given nothing hard to chew for months? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 222 «Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse myth» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/t7/) [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/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [Rats and mice in the city, and the ele…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse myth What would happen to a pet rat that was given nothing hard to chew for months? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, give, chew · **To what, where:** pet rat This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 222 «Rats and mice in the city, and the elephant and mouse myth» 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/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth:t7:1 # text = What would happen to a pet rat that was given nothing hard to chew for months? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 obj _ _ 12 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 chew chew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to a pet rat | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past · passive | | a pet rat | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient nothing=Theme | | 3 | **chew** | to-infinitive | | | | | month | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Its tail would grow longer instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth:t7:o1:1 # text = Its tail would grow longer instead 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | Its tail | | | | | instead, long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, rats' teeth stop growing ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth:t7:o2:1 # text = Nothing, rats' teeth stop growing 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | rats's teeth | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | rats's teeth *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Its front teeth could grow too long ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth:t7:o3:1 # text = Its front teeth could grow too long 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | could | Its front teeth | | | | | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Its teeth would fall out and grow back ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth:t7:o4:1 # text = Its teeth would fall out and grow back 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall out** | would | Its teeth | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow back** | infinitive | Its teeth *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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