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Test 6 · ★ 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' --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · A kitten at home: litter trays, scratching posts and play «kitten's stuck up the curtains, call the fire brigade!» What is the best first step? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, best first step · **What happens:** stick up, call, be · **To what, where:** kitten, fire brigade · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «kitten's stuck up the curtains, call the fire brigade!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t6:1 # text = «kitten's stuck up the curtains, call the fire brigade!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 brigade brigade NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick up** *in a quote* | present · passive | | kitten | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme curtain=Destination | | 2 | **call** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the fire brigade | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brigade=Recipient | 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:* What is the best first step? ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t6:2 # text = What is the best first step? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best first step | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Shake the curtains hard so that it lets go and drops down ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t6:o1:1 # text = Shake the curtains hard so that it lets go and drops down 1 Shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 8 mark _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 drops drop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | the curtains | | | | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent curtain=Patient | | 2 | **let** | present | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **drop down** | present | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pull it off by the tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t6:o2:1 # text = Pull it off by the tail 1 Pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull off** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | by the tail | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Stay calm and give it time; kittens usually back down ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t6:o3:1 # text = Stay calm and give it time; kittens usually back down 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 9 usually usually ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | kittens | | | | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Throw a pillow at it ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:327-a-kitten-at-home-litter-trays-scratching-posts-and-play:t6:o4:1 # text = Throw a pillow at it 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | a pillow | | pillow | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme at it=Destination | **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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