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# Test 9 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility

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A friend never lets her kitten catch the feather toy. The kitten starts biting her hand. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, kitten · **What happens:** not let, catch, start, bite · **To what, where:** kitten, feather toy, hand

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A friend never lets her kitten catch the feather toy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t9:1
# text = A friend never lets her kitten catch the feather toy.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | present | a friend | friend's kitten |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | present | friend's kitten *not said here* | the feather toy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=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:* The kitten starts biting her hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t9:2
# text = The kitten starts biting her hand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	biting	bite	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | the kitten |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bite** | gerund | the kitten *not said here* | kitten's hand |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t9:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Play that never ends in a catch frustrates and stresses it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t9:o1:1
# text = Play that never ends in a catch frustrates and stresses it
1	Play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	frustrates	frustrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stresses	stress	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **end** | present | Play |  |  | a catch |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **frustrate** | present | Play |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **stress** | present | Play *not said here* | Play |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The kitten is naturally evil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t9:o2:1
# text = The kitten is naturally evil
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	naturally	naturally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the kitten |  |  |  |  | evil, naturally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The kitten wants to be left in its cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t9:o3:1
# text = The kitten wants to be left in its cage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | the kitten |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the kitten *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in kitten's cage *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: in cage=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kittens hate feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:205-pet-care-food-and-responsibility:t9:o4:1
# text = Kittens hate feathers
1	Kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Kittens | feathers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feather=Stimulus |

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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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