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# Exam question 2 · The pet that loves you most

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Given that a small domestic animal has been deprived of water for two days, ascertain the most appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, deprive, ascertain · **To what, where:** small domestic animal, appropriate course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 460 «The pet that loves you most» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e2:1
# text = Given that a small domestic animal has been deprived of water for two days, ascertain the most appropriate course of action.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	mark	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	deprived	deprive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	19	advmod	_	_
19	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **deprive** | present · perfect · passive |  | a small domestic animal |  |  | day | of water | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of water=Theme |
| 3 | **ascertain** | present |  | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To seek immediate veterinary attention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e2:o1:1
# text = To seek immediate veterinary attention
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	seek	seek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | to-infinitive |  | immediate veterinary attention |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To provide food alone, but no water at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e2:o2:1
# text = To provide food alone, but no water at all
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	provide	provide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  | no water at all *obl*; alone *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition food=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To wait a further day to observe developments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e2:o3:1
# text = To wait a further day to observe developments
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	developments	development	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | to-infinitive |  | developments |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent development=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To return the animal to its hutch untreated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most:e2:o4:1
# text = To return the animal to its hutch untreated
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hutch	hutch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	untreated	untreated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | to-infinitive |  | the animal |  | animal's hutch |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to hutch=Destination |

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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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