--- title: What would happen if families never asked the questions before getti… — Choosing a pet: the questions to ask f… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if families never asked the questions before getting a pet? Test 11 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/t11/) [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/) / [Choosing a pet: the questions to ask f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/) / t11 # Test 11 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first What would happen if families never asked the questions before getting a pet? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** families · **What happens:** happen, not ask, get · **To what, where:** questions, pet This is test 11 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» 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/325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t11:1 # text = What would happen if families never asked the questions before getting a pet? 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 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | families | the questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 3 | **get** | gerund | families *not said here* | a pet | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} Vets would become free ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t11:o1:1 # text = Vets would become free 1 Vets vet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | Vets | | | | | free *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} More animals would end up given away to rescue centres ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t11:o2:1 # text = More animals would end up given away to rescue centres 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 centres centre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end up** | would | More animals | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give away** | participle | More animals *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | More animals *not said here* | centres | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent centre=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pets would choose their own families ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t11:o3:1 # text = Pets would choose their own families 1 Pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | would | Pets | Pets's own families | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Every pet would be perfectly cared for ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t11:o4:1 # text = Every pet would be perfectly cared for 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cared care VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **care** | would · passive | | every pet | | | | perfectly *property* | tree rules | **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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