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title: Why is it kind to let your cat catch the feather toy sometimes? — Caring for pets and staying safe aroun… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it kind to let your cat catch the feather toy sometimes? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 287 «Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo…

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Why is it kind to let your cat catch the feather toy sometimes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, cat · **What happens:** be, let, catch · **To what, where:** cat, feather toy

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 287 «Caring for pets and staying safe around farm, wild and zoo 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/287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:t5:1
# text = Why is it kind to let your cat catch the feather toy sometimes?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | to-infinitive |  | your cat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **catch** | infinitive | your cat *not said here* | the feather toy |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=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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Cats do not care at all whether they catch it or not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:t5:o1:1
# text = Cats do not care at all whether they catch it or not
1	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | Cats |  |  | all |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **catch** | present | Cats *= cat* | it |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It teaches the cat to stop playing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:t5:o2:1
# text = It teaches the cat to stop playing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	teaches	teach	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	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | It |  | the cat |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Winning sometimes keeps play fun and not stressful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:t5:o3:1
# text = Winning sometimes keeps play fun and not stressful
1	Winning	win	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	stressful	stressful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | present |  |  |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | infinitive |  | fun |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes the cat hungry for toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely:t5:o4:1
# text = It makes the cat hungry for toys
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	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	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the cat |  |  |  | for toys; hungry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent cat=Product for toy=Asset |

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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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