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title: In a cartoon, a sign says "Free kitten's to good home." What should… — Apostrophes: missing letters and belon… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a sign says "Free kitten's to good home." What should it say? Test 3 of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging

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In a cartoon, a sign says "Free kitten's to good home." What should it say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sign, home · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** good home, cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» of the English 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/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a sign says "Free kitten's to good home."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t3:1
# text = In a cartoon, a sign says "Free kitten's to good home."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a sign |  | good home | a cartoon |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to home=Recipient |

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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 should it say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t3:2
# text = What should it say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | home |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Free kitten to good home's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t3:o1:1
# text = Free kitten to good home's
1	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Free kittens to good home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t3:o2:1
# text = Free kittens to good home
1	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Free kittens' to good home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t3:o3:1
# text = Free kittens' to good home
1	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Free kitten's' to good home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t3:o4:1
# text = Free kitten's' to good home
1	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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