--- title: Identify the toy with which a kitten ought to play. — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the toy with which a kitten ought to play. Exam question 2 of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/e2/) [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/) / [Cats and dogs up close](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Cats and dogs up close Identify the toy with which a kitten ought to play. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, kitten · **What happens:** identify, play · **To what, where:** toy This is exam question 2 of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:e2:1 # text = Identify the toy with which a kitten ought to play. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the toy | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent toy=Theme | | 2 | **play** | ought | a kitten | the toy *not said here* | | | | with the toy | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with which=Theme | 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} A wand toy rather than a person's fingers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:e2:o1:1 # text = A wand toy rather than a person's fingers 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 rather rather ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A loose piece of string left unattended ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:e2:o2:1 # text = A loose piece of string left unattended 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 unattended unattended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | a loose piece of string *not said here* | | | | unattended *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A small plastic bag ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:e2:o3:1 # text = A small plastic bag 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A person's bare fingers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:e2:o4:1 # text = A person's bare fingers 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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