--- title: hamster keeps wriggling so im holding it tighter — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: hamster keeps wriggling so im holding it tighter Test 13 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 wrong. --- [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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · Being gentle with small animals hamster keeps wriggling so im holding it tighter **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hamster · **What happens:** keep, wriggle, hold · **To what, where:** hamster This is test 13 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t13:1 # text = hamster keeps wriggling so im holding it tighter 1 hamster hamster NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wriggling wriggle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 im im ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 tighter tight ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | hamster | | | | | im *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wriggle** | gerund | hamster *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hold** | gerund | hamster *not said here* | hamster | | | | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Loosen up and sit on the floor, squeezing can hurt it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t13:o1:1 # text = Loosen up and sit on the floor, squeezing can hurt it 1 Loosen loosen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 squeezing squeeze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 csubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **loosen up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sit** | present | you *not said here* | | | the floor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location | | 3 | **squeeze** | gerund | | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hurt** | can | squeezing | floor | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Hold it by the tail instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t13:o2:1 # text = Hold it by the tail instead 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | by the tail; instead *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by tail=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shake it gently to calm it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t13:o3:1 # text = Shake it gently to calm it 1 Shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 gently gently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 calm calm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | gently *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **calm** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hold it tighter and tighter so it can't escape your hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t13:o4:1 # text = Hold it tighter and tighter so it can't escape your hands 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 tighter tight ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tighter tight ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **not** **escape** | can | it | your hands | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Initial\_Location | **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; 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