--- title: State the conduct expected before touching a pet belonging to anothe… — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: State the conduct expected before touching a pet belonging to another person. Exam question 4 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/e4/) [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/) / [Being gentle with small animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Being gentle with small animals State the conduct expected before touching a pet belonging to another person. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pet · **What happens:** state, expect, touch, belong · **To what, where:** conduct, pet This is exam question 4 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:e4:1 # text = State the conduct expected before touching a pet belonging to another person. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | | 2 | **expect** | participle | | the conduct *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **touch** | gerund | | a pet | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pet=Co-Theme | | 4 | **belong** | gerund | a pet *not said here* | | | | | to another person | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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 {#o1} The pet may be touched provided it is small ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:e4:o1:1 # text = The pet may be touched provided it is small 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | may · passive | | the pet *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V» | | 2 | **provide** | past | the pet | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | | 3 | **is** | present | pet | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The owner shall be asked first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:e4:o2:1 # text = The owner shall be asked first 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | shall · passive | | the owner | | | | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The pet shall be picked up quickly before it escapes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:e4:o3:1 # text = The pet shall be picked up quickly before it escapes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 escapes escape VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | shall · passive | | the pet | | | | quickly *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **escape** | present | pet | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The owner need be asked only for large dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:e4:o4:1 # text = The owner need be asked only for large dogs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | the owner *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive · passive | | the owner | large dogs | | | | 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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