--- title: Why is it better to play with a kitten using a toy on a string than… — Cats and dogs up close · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it better to play with a kitten using a toy on a string than with your fingers? Test 7 · ★ 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Cats and dogs up close Why is it better to play with a kitten using a toy on a string than with your fingers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, play, use · **To what, where:** toy, string This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t7:1 # text = Why is it better to play with a kitten using a toy on a string than with your fingers? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with a kitten | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with kitten=Co-Agent | | 3 | **use** | gerund | | a toy | | a string | | than your fingers | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient | 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} Kittens cannot see fingers well ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t7:o1:1 # text = Kittens cannot see fingers well 1 Kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | can | Kittens | fingers | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Toys make kittens grow faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t7:o2:1 # text = Toys make kittens grow faster 1 Toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Toys | kittens | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | infinitive | kittens *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It learns that hands are not for biting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t7:o3:1 # text = It learns that hands are not for biting 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | It | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **bite** | present · progressive | hands | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fingers are too slow for kittens to chase ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:61-cats-and-dogs-up-close:t7:o4:1 # text = Fingers are too slow for kittens to chase 1 Fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Fingers | | | | | for kittens; slow *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **chase** | to-infinitive | Fingers *not said here* | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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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