--- title: kids are poking a stray cat with sticks, what do i do — Kindness to animals · tree and pragmatics description: kids are poking a stray cat with sticks, what do i do Test 15 · ★ 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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Kindness to animals kids are poking a stray cat with sticks, what do i do **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, i · **What happens:** poke, do · **To what, where:** stray cat, sticks This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t15:1 # text = kids are poking a stray cat with sticks, what do i do 1 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 poking poke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 stray stray ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poke** | present · progressive | kids | a stray cat | | | | with sticks | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent cat=Theme with stick=Instrument | | 2 | **do** | present · do-support | i | sticks | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Shout at the cat to run ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t15:o1:1 # text = Shout at the cat to run 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at the cat | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Join in so they don't pick on you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t15:o2:1 # text = Join in so they don't pick on you 1 Join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join in** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **pick** | present · do-support | they | | | | | on you | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on you=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell an adult and don't join in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t15:o3:1 # text = Tell an adult and don't join in 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 _ 7 cc _ _ 5 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **not** **join in** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ignore it, it's only a cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t15:o4:1 # text = Ignore it, it's only a cat 1 Ignore ignore 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | a cat | | | | | tree rules | **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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