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title: «just a lil bit of gravy on the cat's biscuits, it's only meat juice… — Foods that are dangerous for pets: cho… · tree and pragmatics
description: «just a lil bit of gravy on the cat's biscuits, it's only meat juice innit» What is the problem? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 331 «Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onio…

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«just a lil bit of gravy on the cat's biscuits, it's only meat juice innit» What is the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** juice innit, problem

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 331 «Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies» 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:t2:1
# text = «just a lil bit of gravy on the cat's biscuits, it's only meat juice innit» What is the problem?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | cat | juice innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the problem |  |  |  |  | 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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Cats cannot drink anything brown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:t2:o1:1
# text = Cats cannot drink anything brown
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **drink** | can | Cats | anything |  |  |  | brown *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gravy makes a cat's whiskers fall out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:t2:o2:1
# text = Gravy makes a cat's whiskers fall out
1	Gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Gravy | a cat's whiskers |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material whisker=Product |
| 2 | **fall out** | present | Gravy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Gravy often hides onion powder, which harms cats' blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:t2:o3:1
# text = Gravy often hides onion powder, which harms cats' blood
1	Gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	onion	onion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	harms	harm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Gravy | onion powder |  |  |  | often *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent powder=Patient |
| 2 | **harm** | present | onion powder | cats's blood |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus blood=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There is no problem at all, gravy is just meat juice and water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:t2:o4:1
# text = There is no problem at all, gravy is just meat juice and water
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no problem at all |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | gravy | meat juice and water |  |  |  |  | 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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