--- title: threw a stick for the dog, she loves it — Dogs and rabbits in your care · tree and pragmatics description: threw a stick for the dog, she loves it Test 11 · ★ of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/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/) / [Dogs and rabbits in your care](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Dogs and rabbits in your care threw a stick for the dog, she loves it **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** throw, love · **To what, where:** stick This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 62 «Dogs and rabbits in your care» 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/62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t11:1 # text = threw a stick for the dog, she loves it 1 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | | a stick | | | | for the dog | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 2 | **love** | present | dog | stick | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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 {#o1} Any stick is fine as long as it is big and thick ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t11:o1:1 # text = Any stick is fine as long as it is big and thick 1 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | any stick | | | | | fine, long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | stick | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | stick *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sticks are the best and safest toy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t11:o2:1 # text = Sticks are the best and safest toy 1 Sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 safest safe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Sticks | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sticks are safe if they are wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t11:o3:1 # text = Sticks are safe if they are wet 1 Sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Sticks | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Sticks *= stick* | | | | | wet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A ball or rubber toy is safer, sticks splinter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:62-dogs-and-rabbits-in-your-care:t11:o4:1 # text = A ball or rubber toy is safer, sticks splinter 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 rubber rubber NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 splinter splinter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a ball toy | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **splinter** | present | sticks | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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