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title: Why do pets need check-ups at the vet even when they seem well? — Caring for pets · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do pets need check-ups at the vet even when they seem well? Test 8 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.
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# Test 8 · Caring for pets

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Why do pets need check-ups at the vet even when they seem well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pets · **What happens:** need, seem · **To what, where:** check ups, vet

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t8:1
# text = Why do pets need check-ups at the vet even when they seem well?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · do-support | pets | check ups |  | the vet |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot up=Theme |
| 2 | **seem** | present | pets *= pet* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pets get bored at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t8:o1:1
# text = Pets get bored at home
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Pets |  |  | home |  | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Vets give pets new names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t8:o2:1
# text = Vets give pets new names
1	Vets	vet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	iobj	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Vets | new names | pets |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pet=Recipient name=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A vet can catch problems early and give vaccinations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t8:o3:1
# text = A vet can catch problems early and give vaccinations
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	vaccinations	vaccination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | can | a vet | problems |  |  |  | early *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | a vet *not said here* | vaccinations |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vaccination=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Check-ups make pets grow taller and stronger than other pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:27-caring-for-pets:t8:o4:1
# text = Check-ups make pets grow taller and stronger than other pets
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | Check ups | pets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | infinitive | pets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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