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title: A boy in Glasgow is visiting his gran, whose cat has not eaten for t… — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Glasgow is visiting his gran, whose cat has not eaten for two days. What is best? Test 3 · ★ 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.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close

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A boy in Glasgow is visiting his gran, whose cat has not eaten for two days. What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, cat · **What happens:** visit, not eat, be · **To what, where:** gran

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Glasgow is visiting his gran, whose cat has not eaten for two days.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t3:1
# text = A boy in Glasgow is visiting his gran, whose cat has not eaten for two days.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present · progressive | a boy in Glasgow | boy's gran |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | present · perfect | cat |  |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t3:2
# text = What is best?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tell his gran, because the cat may need a vet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t3:o1:1
# text = Tell his gran, because the cat may need a vet
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | his gran |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient |
| 2 | **need** | may | the cat | a vet |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot vet=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wait until the cat gets hungry enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t3:o2:1
# text = Wait until the cat gets hungry enough
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | the cat |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give the cat some of his sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t3:o3:1
# text = Give the cat some of his sweets
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | some | the cat |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient some=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Leave a saucer of milk out to tempt the cat to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t3:o4:1
# text = Leave a saucer of milk out to tempt the cat to eat
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	saucer	saucer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	tempt	tempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | a saucer of milk |  |  |  | out *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saucer=Theme |
| 2 | **tempt** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | the cat |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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