--- title: «cat's bored, just sits there all day, so what» What could help? — Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and r… · tree and pragmatics description: «cat's bored, just sits there all day, so what» What could help? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/t10/) [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/) / [Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and r…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility «cat's bored, just sits there all day, so what» What could help? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** be, sit, help This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 225 «Caring for a pet: needs, dangers and responsibility» 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/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t10:1 # text = «cat's bored, just sits there all day, so what» What could help? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cat | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | | | | there | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | could | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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} Nothing, cats are never bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t10:o1:1 # text = Nothing, cats are never bored 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | Nothing cats | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Give it more food so it sleeps ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t10:o2:1 # text = Give it more food so it sleeps 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 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 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | more food | it | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient food=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | present | food | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Play hunting games with toys ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t10:o3:1 # text = Play hunting games with toys 1 Play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | hunting games | | | | with toys | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent game=Theme with toy=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shut it in a smaller room alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility:t10:o4:1 # text = Shut it in a smaller room alone 1 Shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | a smaller room | | alone *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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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