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title: Your cat is hiding under the bed after a thunderstorm. What is kind? — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cat is hiding under the bed after a thunderstorm. What is kind? Test 7 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.
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# Test 7 · Being gentle with small animals

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Your cat is hiding under the bed after a thunderstorm. What is kind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** hide, be · **To what, where:** bed

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cat is hiding under the bed after a thunderstorm.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t7:1
# text = Your cat is hiding under the bed after a thunderstorm.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · progressive | Your cat |  |  | the bed | after a thunderstorm |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is kind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t7:2
# text = What is kind?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Let it hide and come out when it feels safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t7:o1:1
# text = Let it hide and come out when it feels safe
1	Let	let	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	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come out** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **feel** | present | it |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shout so it knows the storm is over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t7:o2:1
# text = Shout so it knows the storm is over
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | the storm |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pull it out by its legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t7:o3:1
# text = Pull it out by its legs
1	Pull	pull	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	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | by its legs | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Poke it with a broom to make it come out from under there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t7:o4:1
# text = Poke it with a broom to make it come out from under there
1	Poke	poke	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	broom	broom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with a broom | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with broom=Instrument |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | broom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come out** | infinitive | broom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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