--- title: got scratched by the guinea pig, bit of blood — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: got scratched by the guinea pig, bit of blood Test 15 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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · Being gentle with small animals got scratched by the guinea pig, bit of blood **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** guinea pig · **What happens:** scratch This is test 15 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t15:1 # text = got scratched by the guinea pig, bit of blood 1 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 scratched scratch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | past · passive | the guinea pig | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Ignore it, it's tiny ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t15:o1:1 # text = Ignore it, it's tiny 1 Ignore ignore 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | tiny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hide it so the pet isn't blamed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t15:o2:1 # text = Hide it so the pet isn't blamed 1 Hide hide 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 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 blamed blame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **not** **blame** | present · passive | | the pet | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lick it clean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t15:o3:1 # text = Lick it clean 1 Lick lick 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 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lick** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | clean *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Wash it, cover it and tell an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t15:o4:1 # text = Wash it, cover it and tell an adult 1 Wash wash 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 cover cover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **cover** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | **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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