--- title: neighbours bunny is so cute, can i just pick it up — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: neighbours bunny is so cute, can i just pick it up Test 11 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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · Being gentle with small animals neighbours bunny is so cute, can i just pick it up **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** neighbours bunny, i · **What happens:** be, pick up · **To what, where:** bunny This is test 11 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small 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/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t11:1 # text = neighbours bunny is so cute, can i just pick it up 1 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 bunny bunny NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cute cute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 pick pick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | neighbours bunny | | | | | cute *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pick up** | can | i | bunny | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Ask the owner first, it's their pet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t11:o1:1 # text = Ask the owner first, it's their pet 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the owner | | | | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | owner | their pet | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only if the owner isn't looking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t11:o2:1 # text = Only if the owner isn't looking 1 Only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | present · progressive | the owner | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, all bunnies like being held ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t11:o3:1 # text = Yes, all bunnies like being held 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 bunnies bunny NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 like like SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund · passive | | all bunnies *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if you're quick about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, if you're quick about it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | about it; quick *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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