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title: Your cat scratches the curtains and seems restless after weeks indoo… — Pet care, food and responsibility · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cat scratches the curtains and seems restless after weeks indoors with nothing new. What is the most likely cause? Test 8 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 8 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility

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Your cat scratches the curtains and seems restless after weeks indoors with nothing new. What is the most likely cause?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** scratch, seem, be, cause · **To what, where:** curtains

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cat scratches the curtains and seems restless after weeks indoors with nothing new.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t8:1
# text = Your cat scratches the curtains and seems restless after weeks indoors with nothing new.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scratches	scratch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	restless	restless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obl	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | present | Your cat | the curtains |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme |
| 2 | **seem** | present | Your cat *not said here* |  |  |  | week | with nothing; indoors, restless *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the most likely cause?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t8:2
# text = What is the most likely cause?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cats always scratch curtains when they are happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t8:o1:1
# text = Cats always scratch curtains when they are happy
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	scratch	scratch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | present | Cats | curtains |  |  |  | always *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Cats *= cat* |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has eaten too much healthy food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t8:o2:1
# text = It has eaten too much healthy food
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is too warm and wants a bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t8:o3:1
# text = It is too warm and wants a bath
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present |  | a bath |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bath=Theme |

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

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It is bored and needs play and new things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t8:o4:1
# text = It is bored and needs play and new things
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present |  | play and new things |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot play=Theme |

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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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