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title: Ascertain the proper course of action where a family is genuinely un… — Pet care, food and responsibility · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the proper course of action where a family is genuinely unable to continue keeping its pet. Exam question 4 of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 4 · Pet care, food and responsibility

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Ascertain the proper course of action where a family is genuinely unable to continue keeping its pet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, family · **What happens:** ascertain, be, continue, keep · **To what, where:** proper course, pet

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the proper course of action where a family is genuinely unable to continue keeping its pet.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	genuinely	genuinely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the proper course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | a family |  |  |  |  | genuinely, unable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **continue** | to-infinitive | a family *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **keep** | gerund | a family *not said here* | family's pet |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To keep the animal but cease feeding it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e4:o1:1
# text = To keep the animal but cease feeding it
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cease	cease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the animal but cease |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed** | gerund | the animal but cease *not said here* | cease |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To leave the animal outside a veterinary surgery overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e4:o2:1
# text = To leave the animal outside a veterinary surgery overnight
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | the animal |  | a veterinary surgery |  | overnight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Theme outside surgery=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To release the animal in a park or forest where it may live freely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e4:o3:1
# text = To release the animal in a park or forest where it may live freely
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	release	release	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | to-infinitive |  | the animal |  | a park or forest |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer animal=Source |
| 2 | **live** | may | animal |  |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To seek the assistance of a shelter in finding a new home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:e4:o4:1
# text = To seek the assistance of a shelter in finding a new home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	seek	seek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | to-infinitive |  | the assistance of a shelter |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | gerund |  | a new home |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |
| 3 | **assist** |  |  | a shelter |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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