--- title: Why might a gentle child be scratched less often than a rough child? — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a gentle child be scratched less often than a rough child? Test 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 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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · Being gentle with small animals Why might a gentle child be scratched less often than a rough child? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** scratch · **To what, where:** gentle child This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t4:1 # text = Why might a gentle child be scratched less often than a rough child? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 scratched scratch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 often often ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | might · passive | | a gentle child | | | | than a rough child; often *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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} Animals only scratch adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t4:o1:1 # text = Animals only scratch adults 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 scratch scratch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | present | Animals | adults | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Rough children are not allowed to hold pets ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t4:o2:1 # text = Rough children are not allowed to hold pets 1 Rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | Rough children | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rough children *not said here* | pets | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Animals stay calm when they are handled gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t4:o3:1 # text = Animals stay calm when they are handled gently 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 handled handle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 8 gently gently ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | Animals | | | | | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **handle** | present · passive | | Animals *= animal* | | | | gently *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Gentle children have thicker skin, so the claws don't go in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t4:o4:1 # text = Gentle children have thicker skin, so the claws don't go in 1 Gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 in in ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Gentle children | thicker skin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 2 | **not** **go in** | present · do-support | the claws | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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