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title: our cat ate a lily from the vase and is being sick — Pet care, food and responsibility · tree and pragmatics
description: our cat ate a lily from the vase and is being sick Test 16 · ★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 16 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility

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our cat ate a lily from the vase and is being sick

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** lily, vase

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» 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/205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t16:1
# text = our cat ate a lily from the vase and is being sick
1	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lily	lily	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vase	vase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | our cat | a lily |  | the vase |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lily=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | our cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Give her some warm milk and wait till she's better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t16:o1:1
# text = Give her some warm milk and wait till she's better
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | some warm milk | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient milk=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Let her sleep it off in her basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t16:o2:1
# text = Let her sleep it off in her basket
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep off** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | it |  | her basket |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in basket=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wait to see if it happens again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t16:o3:1
# text = Wait to see if it happens again
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  | again |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Tell an adult and call the vet straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t16:o4:1
# text = Tell an adult and call the vet straight away
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the vet |  |  |  | away *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent vet=Recipient |

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