--- title: nan says the vet and the lady from the animal shelter "are an item n… — Kindness to animals · tree and pragmatics description: nan says the vet and the lady from the animal shelter "are an item now". what does that mean? Test 20 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t20/) [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/) / t20 # Test 20 · ★ · Kindness to animals nan says the vet and the lady from the animal shelter "are an item now". what does that mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, vet, that · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** item · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 20 · ★ 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/#t20). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t20:1 # text = nan says the vet and the lady from the animal shelter "are an item now". what does that mean? 1 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 vet vet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 item item NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 20 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 22 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | nan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the vet and the lady from the animal shelter | a item | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} They had a fight over a dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t20:o1:1 # text = They had a fight over a dog 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | a fight | | | | over a dog | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are the same person ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t20:o2:1 # text = They are the same person 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | the same person | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are a couple, going out together ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t20:o3:1 # text = They are a couple, going out together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | a couple | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go out** | gerund | a couple *not said here* | | | | | out, together *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are selling things together in a shop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:207-kindness-to-animals:t20:o4:1 # text = They are selling things together in a shop 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | present · progressive | They | things | | a shop | | together *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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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