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title: Grandad says: «butter the cat's paws when you move, then she'll stay… — Lost pets, microchips, holidays and mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad says: «butter the cat's paws when you move, then she'll stay.» What is right? Test 5 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» 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 
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# Test 5 · Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house

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Grandad says: «butter the cat's paws when you move, then she'll stay.» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, you, cat · **What happens:** say, move, stay, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 332 «Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house» 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/332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad says: «butter the cat's paws when you move, then she'll stay.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t5:1
# text = Grandad says: «butter the cat's paws when you move, then she'll stay.»
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** *in a quote* | future | cat |  |  |  | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t5:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It works on every cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t5:o1:1
# text = It works on every cat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | on every cat | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on cat=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It does not help; keep her inside for a couple of weeks instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t5:o2:1
# text = It does not help; keep her inside for a couple of weeks instead
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | It |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | for a couple of weeks; inside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It works only with salted butter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t5:o3:1
# text = It works only with salted butter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	salted	salt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | with salted butter | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with butter=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **salt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It works, but only if you butter all four paws twice with salted butter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house:t5:o4:1
# text = It works, but only if you butter all four paws twice with salted butter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	salted	salt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | with salted butter; twice *property* | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with butter=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **paw** *a condition, not said to happen* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **salt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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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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