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description: Which is the kindest and lawful way when a family truly cannot keep its dog? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility

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Which is the kindest and lawful way when a family truly cannot keep its dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** be, not keep · **To what, where:** kindest lawful way, dog

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t6:1
# text = Which is the kindest and lawful way when a family truly cannot keep its dog?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the kindest lawful way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **keep** | can | a family | family's dog |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=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 {#o1}

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Let it loose in a different town far from home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t6:o1:1
# text = Let it loose in a different town far from home
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	loose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive |  |  |  | a different town |  | far *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in town=Eventuality |

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

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Find it a new home through a shelter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t6:o2:1
# text = Find it a new home through a shelter
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a shelter |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme home=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Drive it to the woods and leave it there to be free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t6:o3:1
# text = Drive it to the woods and leave it there to be free
1	Drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the woods |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme to wood=Trajectory |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  | there |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Tie it outside a shop and walk away so someone finds it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t6:o4:1
# text = Tie it outside a shop and walk away so someone finds it
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
11	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | outside a shop | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **walk away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **find** | present | someone | shop |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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