--- title: can i give the dog some of my chocolate, he's begging — Caring for pets · tree and pragmatics description: can i give the dog some of my chocolate, he's begging Test 14 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 right. --- [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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · Caring for pets can i give the dog some of my chocolate, he's begging **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, dog · **What happens:** give, beg · **To what, where:** some, dog This is test 14 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t14:1 # text = can i give the dog some of my chocolate, he's begging 1 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 chocolate chocolate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | can | i | some | the dog | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient some=Theme | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present · progressive | dog | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | 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} Yes, if he eats it slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t14:o1:1 # text = Yes, if he eats it slowly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | he | it | | | | slowly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, chocolate can poison dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t14:o2:1 # text = No, chocolate can poison dogs 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 chocolate chocolate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 poison poison VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poison** | can | chocolate | dogs | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if it is milk chocolate ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t14:o3:1 # text = Yes, if it is milk chocolate 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 chocolate chocolate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | milk chocolate | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, a small bit is fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t14:o4:1 # text = Yes, a small bit is fine 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a small bit | | | | | fine *property* | 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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