--- title: A kitten arrives in a house with a dog. Why does it need high shelves? — A kitten at home: litter trays, scratc… · tree and pragmatics description: A kitten arrives in a house with a dog. Why does it need high shelves? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 327 «A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play/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/) / [A kitten at home: litter trays, scratc…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play A kitten arrives in a house with a dog. Why does it need high shelves? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kitten · **What happens:** arrive, need · **To what, where:** house, high shelves This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 327 «A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play» 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/327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A kitten arrives in a house with a dog. ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t11:1 # text = A kitten arrives in a house with a dog. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | present | a kitten | | | a house with a dog | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why does it need high shelves? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t11:2 # text = Why does it need high shelves? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 shelves shelf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · do-support | kitten | high shelves | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shelf=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Kittens sleep only on shelves ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t11:o1:1 # text = Kittens sleep only on shelves 1 Kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 shelves shelf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | Kittens | | | shelves | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} To hide its food ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t11:o2:1 # text = To hide its food 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | its food | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} So it can escape up out of the dog's reach ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t11:o3:1 # text = So it can escape up out of the dog's reach 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape up** | can | it | | | the dog's reach | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out reach=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} So it can see the television ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t11:o4:1 # text = So it can see the television 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 television television NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | it | the television | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer television=Stimulus | **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. - ← previous: [A kitten at home: litter trays, scratc…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play/t10/) - next →: [A kitten at home: litter trays, scratc…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play/e1/) - ↑ back to [A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play/)