--- title: mum got lilies, cat keeps sniffing em — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics description: mum got lilies, cat keeps sniffing em Test 15 · ★ 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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close mum got lilies, cat keeps sniffing em **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, cat · **What happens:** get, keep, sniff · **To what, where:** lilies, em This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t15:1 # text = mum got lilies, cat keeps sniffing em 1 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 sniffing sniff VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 em em NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | mum | lilies | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lily=Stimulus | | 2 | **keep** | present | cat | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sniff** | gerund | cat *not said here* | em | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent em=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 {#o1} Put the vase higher on the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t15:o1:1 # text = Put the vase higher on the table 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 vase vase NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the vase | | the table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent vase=Theme on table=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tell mum to move them, lilies poison cats ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t15:o2:1 # text = Tell mum to move them, lilies poison cats 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 poison poison VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **move** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **poison** | present | lilies | cats | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Let the cat sniff, just not lick ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t15:o3:1 # text = Let the cat sniff, just not lick 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 sniff sniff NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 lick lick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cat sniff | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sniff=Theme | | 2 | **not** **lick** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is fine, cats know what not to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t15:o4:1 # text = It is fine, cats know what not to eat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | cats | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | **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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