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title: cat's stuck behind the shed, hissing, i wanna get it out — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics
description: cat's stuck behind the shed, hissing, i wanna get it out Test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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.
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal

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cat's stuck behind the shed, hissing, i wanna get it out

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** stick, hiss, wanna, get out · **To what, where:** cat, shed

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This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Thinking like an animal» 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/30-thinking-like-an-animal/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t14:1
# text = cat's stuck behind the shed, hissing, i wanna get it out
1	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	hissing	hiss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wanna	wanna	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | cat *not said here* |  | the shed |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme behind shed=Destination |
| 2 | **hiss** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wanna** | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get out** | infinitive | i *not said here* | shed |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Grab it quickly before it runs off again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t14:o1:1
# text = Grab it quickly before it runs off again
1	Grab	grab	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	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **run off** | present | it |  |  |  | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Poke it with a stick to make it move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t14:o2:1
# text = Poke it with a stick to make it move
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	stick	stick	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	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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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 stick | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with stick=Instrument |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | stick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | infinitive | stick *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Block the gap so it cannot run away from you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t14:o3:1
# text = Block the gap so it cannot run away from you
1	Block	block	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | imperative | you *not said here* | the gap |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer gap=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **run away** | can | gap |  |  |  |  | from you; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from you=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Leave it a way out and get an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t14:o4:1
# text = Leave it a way out and get an adult
1	Leave	leave	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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	get	get	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | a way *obl:unmarked*; out *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |

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