--- title: forgot to feed the fish, again, eh he'll be fine — Responsibility, independence and curio… · tree and pragmatics description: forgot to feed the fish, again, eh he'll be fine Test 9 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/t9/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Responsibility, independence and curio…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity forgot to feed the fish, again, eh he'll be fine **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** forget, not feed, be · **To what, where:** fish This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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/everyday/101-responsibility-independence-curiosity/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t9:1 # text = forgot to feed the fish, again, eh he'll be fine 1 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 eh eh INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **feed** | to-infinitive | | | the fish | | again | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | future | fish | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Fish can go for weeks without food, he'll be totally fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t9:o1:1 # text = Fish can go for weeks without food, he'll be totally fine 1 Fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 without without ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 totally totally ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | can | Fish | | | | week | without food | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | future | Fish | | | | | fine, totally *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A pet depends on you, so feed him every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t9:o2:1 # text = A pet depends on you, so feed him every day 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depend** | present | a pet | | | | | on you | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on you=Theme | | 2 | **feed** | infinitive | a pet *not said here* | | pet | | day | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Feed him double tomorrow instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t9:o3:1 # text = Feed him double tomorrow instead 1 Feed feed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | tomorrow | instead *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only feed him when you remember ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:101-responsibility-independence-curiosity:t9:o4:1 # text = Only feed him when you remember 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 feed feed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **remember** | present | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | **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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