--- title: cousin picked up the rabbit by its ears — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: cousin picked up the rabbit by its ears Test 14 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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · Being gentle with small animals cousin picked up the rabbit by its ears **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** pick up · **To what, where:** rabbit This is test 14 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t14:1 # text = cousin picked up the rabbit by its ears 1 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | participle | cousin | the rabbit | | | | by cousin's ears | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=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 {#o1} It's fine for big rabbits ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t14:o1:1 # text = It's fine for big rabbits 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | for big rabbits; fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stop him; it hurts the rabbit, lift with both hands under it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t14:o2:1 # text = Stop him; it hurts the rabbit, lift with both hands under it 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 lift lift NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality | | 2 | **hurt** | present | it | the rabbit and lift with both hands | | lift | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rabbit=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's fine if it doesn't squeal ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t14:o3:1 # text = It's fine if it doesn't squeal 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 squeal squeal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **squeal** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | it | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's fine, that's how farmers do it on the farm ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t14:o4:1 # text = It's fine, that's how farmers do it on the farm 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present | farmers | it | | the farm | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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