--- title: A girl in Brisbane is stroking her cat on her lap when its tail begi… — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Brisbane is stroking her cat on her lap when its tail begins to thump on her leg. What will probably happen if she keeps going? 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What will probably happen if she keeps going? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, tail · **What happens:** stroke, begin, thump, happen, keep, go · **To what, where:** cat, leg This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Brisbane is stroking her cat on her lap when its tail begins to thump on her leg. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t2:1 # text = A girl in Brisbane is stroking her cat on her lap when its tail begins to thump on her leg. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Brisbane Brisbane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 stroking stroke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 thump thump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stroke** | present · progressive | a girl in Brisbane | girl's cat | | | | on girl's lap | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cat=Experiencer on lap=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | present | lap's tail | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **thump** | to-infinitive | lap's tail *not said here* | | | girl's leg | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What will probably happen if she keeps going? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t2:2 # text = What will probably happen if she keeps going? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | future | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | tail | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | gerund | tail *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The cat will start to purr more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t2:o1:1 # text = The cat will start to purr more 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 purr purr VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | future | the cat | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **purr** | to-infinitive | the cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The cat may scratch or bite her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t2:o2:1 # text = The cat may scratch or bite her 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | may | the cat | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bite** | infinitive | the cat *not said here* | cat | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, tail thumping means it is happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t2:o3:1 # text = Nothing, tail thumping means it is happy 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 thumping thumping NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Nothing tail thumping | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | thumping | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The cat will fall asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t2:o4:1 # text = The cat will fall asleep 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | future | the cat | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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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