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title: «just one guinea pig, it'll have me» What is the best reply? — Choosing a pet: the questions to ask f… · tree and pragmatics
description: «just one guinea pig, it'll have me» What is the best reply? Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

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«just one guinea pig, it'll have me» What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one guinea pig, best reply · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t7:1
# text = «just one guinea pig, it'll have me» What is the best reply?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	parataxis	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | future | one guinea pig | me |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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One is best, because two guinea pigs in a cage always fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t7:o1:1
# text = One is best, because two guinea pigs in a cage always fight
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | present | two guinea pigs in a cage |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One is fine, they hate company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t7:o2:1
# text = One is fine, they hate company
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hate** | present | they | company |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer company=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Guinea pigs need one of their own kind to play and talk with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t7:o3:1
# text = Guinea pigs need one of their own kind to play and talk with
1	Guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Guinea pigs |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | Guinea pigs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **talk** | infinitive | Guinea pigs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Guinea pigs only need a mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t7:o4:1
# text = Guinea pigs only need a mirror
1	Guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mirror	mirror	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 | Guinea pigs | a mirror |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mirror=Theme |

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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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