--- title: hamster's nervous, gonna grab him quick b4 he runs — Kindness to animals · tree and pragmatics description: hamster's nervous, gonna grab him quick b4 he runs Test 10 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Kindness to animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/207-kindness-to-animals/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Kindness to animals hamster's nervous, gonna grab him quick b4 he runs **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hamster · **What happens:** grab, run · **To what, where:** hamster This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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/207-kindness-to-animals/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t10:1 # text = hamster's nervous, gonna grab him quick b4 he runs 1 hamster hamster NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 6 grab grab VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 b4 b4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | infinitive | | hamster | | | | quick b4 *obl* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **run** | present | hamster | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Shake the cage to bring him out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t10:o1:1 # text = Shake the cage to bring him out 1 Shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cage | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cage=Patient | | 2 | **bring out** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Grab him fast with one hand before he's off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t10:o2:1 # text = Grab him fast with one hand before he's off 1 Grab grab VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | with one hand; fast *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **be off** | present | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Move slowly and speak softly instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t10:o3:1 # text = Move slowly and speak softly instead 1 Move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 softly softly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | instead, softly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shout so he stays still ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t10:o4:1 # text = Shout so he stays still 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stay** | present | he | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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