--- title: can i give the cat some milk, she looks thirsty — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics description: can i give the cat some milk, she looks thirsty Test 11 · ★ 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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close can i give the cat some milk, she looks thirsty **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, cat · **What happens:** give, look · **To what, where:** milk, cat This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t11:1 # text = can i give the cat some milk, she looks thirsty 1 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | can | i | some milk | the cat | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient milk=Theme | | 2 | **look** | present | cat | | | | | thirsty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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, but only warm milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, but only warm milk 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, milk is the best drink there is for cats ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t11:o2:1 # text = Yes, milk is the best drink there is for cats 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | milk | the best drink | | | | for cats | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | the best drink *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Give her fresh water, milk can upset her tummy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t11:o3:1 # text = Give her fresh water, milk can upset her tummy 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 upset upset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 tummy tummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | fresh water | her *= she* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient water=Theme | | 2 | **upset** | can | milk | her tummy | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tummy=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only give her milk with sugar ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t11:o4:1 # text = Only give her milk with sugar 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | her milk | | | | with sugar | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=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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