--- title: hamster hiding in his house, wanna cuddle him — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: hamster hiding in his house, wanna cuddle him Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Being gentle with small animals hamster hiding in his house, wanna cuddle him **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hamster · **What happens:** hide, cuddle · **To what, where:** house, him This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t9:1 # text = hamster hiding in his house, wanna cuddle him 1 hamster hamster NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 hiding hide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 wanna wanna X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 cuddle cuddle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | hamster *not said here* | | | hamster's house | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | | 2 | **cuddle** | infinitive | hamster | him *= he* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Leave him be, let him come out when ready ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t9:o1:1 # text = Leave him be, let him come out when ready 1 Leave leave 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 _ _ 3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come out** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | out, ready *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tap the cage to wake him up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t9:o2:1 # text = Tap the cage to wake him up 1 Tap tap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pull him out gently by the tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t9:o3:1 # text = Pull him out gently by the tail 1 Pull pull 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 _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 gently gently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | by the tail; gently *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shake the little house till he comes out to play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t9:o4:1 # text = Shake the little house till he comes out to play 1 Shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | the little house | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 2 | **come out** | present | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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