--- title: kitty's tail going thump thump while i pet her, she likes it? — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics description: kitty's tail going thump thump while i pet her, she likes it? Test 10 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close kitty's tail going thump thump while i pet her, she likes it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tail · **What happens:** go, like · **To what, where:** thump thump, thump This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 61 «Cats and dogs up close» 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/61-cats-and-dogs-up-close/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t10:1 # text = kitty's tail going thump thump while i pet her, she likes it? 1 kitty Kitty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 thump thump NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 thump thump NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | kitty's tail *not said here* | thump thump | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thump=Theme | | 2 | **like** | present | kitty's tail | thump | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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 {#o1} Yes, thumping means she is very happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, thumping means she is very happy 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 thumping thump VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thump** | gerund | | | | | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | she | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It means she is hungry for food ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t10:o2:1 # text = It means she is hungry for food 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 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | for food; hungry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it means she wants more strokes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, it means she wants more strokes 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | present | she | more strokes | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stroke=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, she is annoyed, stop and let her go ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t10:o4:1 # text = No, she is annoyed, stop and let her go 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | annoyed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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