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title: they're saying the Browns' cat brought in a dead rabbit cos they don… — Thinking like an animal · tree and pragmatics
description: they're saying the Browns' cat brought in a dead rabbit cos they don't feed it enough Test 18 · ★★★ 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 18 · ★★★ · Thinking like an animal

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they're saying the Browns' cat brought in a dead rabbit cos they don't feed it enough

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, cat, Browns · **What happens:** say, bring, not feed · **To what, where:** cat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t18:1
# text = they're saying the Browns' cat brought in a dead rabbit cos they don't feed it enough
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Browns	brown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bring** | past | the Browns's cat |  |  |  |  | in a dead rabbit | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **feed** | present · do-support | Browns *= brown* | cat |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It must be true, only hungry cats hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t18:o1:1
# text = It must be true, only hungry cats hunt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | hungry cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means rabbits like going into houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t18:o2:1
# text = It means rabbits like going into houses
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | rabbits |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  | houses |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Probably wrong; well-fed cats still hunt by instinct and bring their catch home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t18:o3:1
# text = Probably wrong; well-fed cats still hunt by instinct and bring their catch home
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | wrong fed cats |  |  |  | still | by instinct | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by instinct=Location |
| 3 | **bring** | infinitive | wrong fed cats *not said here* | cats's catch |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent catch=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It proves the cat is dangerous to people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:30-thinking-like-an-animal:t18:o4:1
# text = It proves the cat is dangerous to people
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the cat |  |  |  |  | to people; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

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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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