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title: A boy wakes his hamster at noon to play. Why might it bite him? — Caring for pets · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy wakes his hamster at noon to play. Why might it bite him? Test 5 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.
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# Test 5 · Caring for pets

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A boy wakes his hamster at noon to play. Why might it bite him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, hamster · **What happens:** wake, play, bite · **To what, where:** hamster, boy

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy wakes his hamster at noon to play.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t5:1
# text = A boy wakes his hamster at noon to play.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | present | a boy | boy's hamster |  |  | noon |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hamster=Patient |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why might it bite him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t5:2
# text = Why might it bite him?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | might | hamster | boy |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hamsters always bite at noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t5:o1:1
# text = Hamsters always bite at noon
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | Hamsters |  |  |  | noon | always *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It thinks his finger is a carrot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t5:o2:1
# text = It thinks his finger is a carrot
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carrot	carrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | his finger | a carrot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was woken from its daytime sleep and is scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t5:o3:1
# text = It was woken from its daytime sleep and is scared
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	woken	wake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	daytime	daytime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | past · passive |  | It |  | its daytime sleep |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hamsters bite whenever they are hungry, whatever the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t5:o4:1
# text = Hamsters bite whenever they are hungry, whatever the time
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | present | Hamsters |  |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Hamsters *= hamster* |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

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