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title: «puppy's only 50 quid online, sorted» Why be careful? — Choosing a pet: the questions to ask f… · tree and pragmatics
description: «puppy's only 50 quid online, sorted» Why be careful? Test 8 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 8 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first

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«puppy's only 50 quid online, sorted» Why be careful?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** puppy, 50 quid · **What happens:** be, sort · **To what, where:** 50 quid

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t8:1
# text = «puppy's only 50 quid online, sorted» Why be careful?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	quid	quid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	online	online	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | puppy | 50 quid |  |  |  | online *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sort** *in a quote* | past | 50 quid |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | 50 quid *not said here* |  |  |  |  | careful *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 {#o1}

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Cheap puppies are always the healthiest, because they eat the least food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t8:o1:1
# text = Cheap puppies are always the healthiest, because they eat the least food
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	healthiest	healthy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cheap puppies |  |  |  |  | always, healthy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | puppies *= puppy* | the least food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Online puppies never need vaccines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t8:o2:1
# text = Online puppies never need vaccines
1	Online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	vaccines	vaccine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present | Online puppies | vaccines |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vaccine=Theme |

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

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Cheap puppies may come from puppy farms and be ill or scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t8:o3:1
# text = Cheap puppies may come from puppy farms and be ill or scared
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | may | Cheap puppies |  |  | puppy farms |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from farm=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | Cheap puppies *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Cheap puppies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Price shows how clever a puppy is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:325-choosing-a-pet-the-questions-to-ask-first:t8:o4:1
# text = Price shows how clever a puppy is
1	Price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Price |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | a puppy |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

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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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