--- title: nan brought lilies, cat's sniffing em — Caring for pets · tree and pragmatics description: nan brought lilies, cat's sniffing em Test 11 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» 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/27-caring-for-pets/t11/) [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/) / [Caring for pets](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/27-caring-for-pets/) / t11 # Test 11 · Caring for pets nan brought lilies, cat's sniffing em **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan · **What happens:** bring · **To what, where:** lilies This is test 11 of lesson 27 «Caring for pets» 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/27-caring-for-pets/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t11:1 # text = nan brought lilies, cat's sniffing em 1 nan nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 sniffing sniffing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 em em NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | nan | lilies | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lily=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's fine, cats love flowers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t11:o1:1 # text = It's fine, cats love flowers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | present | cats | flowers | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only the stems are bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t11:o2:1 # text = Only the stems are bad 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the stems | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only the leaves are bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t11:o3:1 # text = Only the leaves are bad 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the leaves | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Keep them away, lilies poison cats ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t11:o4:1 # text = Keep them away, lilies poison cats 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 poison poison VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **poison** | present | lilies | cats | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient | **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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