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description: «whole family's out from 8 till 6, still want a dog tho» Which pet would suit better? Test 4 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.
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# Test 4 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

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«whole family's out from 8 till 6, still want a dog tho» Which pet would suit better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole family, pet · **What happens:** be, want, suit · **To what, where:** 8, dog tho · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t4:1
# text = «whole family's out from 8 till 6, still want a dog tho» Which pet would suit better?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
8	till	till	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tho	tho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
17	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	18	det	_	_
18	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	suit	suit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	parataxis	_	_
21	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | whole family |  |  | 8 | till 6 | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | infinitive | whole family *not said here* | a dog tho |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **suit** | would | which pet |  |  |  |  | good *property* | 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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A big husky that needs hours of running

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t4:o1:1
# text = A big husky that needs hours of running
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	husky	husky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	running	running	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a big husky |  |  |  | hour |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A monkey that needs a whole group

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t4:o2:1
# text = A monkey that needs a whole group
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a monkey | a whole group |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot group=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A puppy that needs a wee break every few hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t4:o3:1
# text = A puppy that needs a wee break every few hours
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a puppy | a wee break |  |  | hour |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot break=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Fish or a pair of guinea pigs that cope with the day alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t4:o4:1
# text = Fish or a pair of guinea pigs that cope with the day alone
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cope	cope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cope** | present | guinea pigs |  |  |  | day | alone *property* | vn cope-83-1 «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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