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description: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning the holding of a hamster. Exam question 4 of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 4 · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

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Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning the holding of a hamster.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established guidance · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, hold · **To what, where:** response, hamster

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning the holding of a hamster.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with established guidance; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | established guidance *not said here* | the hamster |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hamster=Experiencer |
| 5 | **hold** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By its tail while standing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:e4:o1:1
# text = By its tail while standing
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | its tail *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In one hand above a table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:e4:o2:1
# text = In one hand above a table
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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In two cupped hands whilst seated close to the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:e4:o3:1
# text = In two cupped hands whilst seated close to the floor
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	cupped	cup	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cup** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **seat** | participle |  | two cupped hands *not said here* |  |  |  | close *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By the scruff while walking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:e4:o4:1
# text = By the scruff while walking
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	scruff	scruff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | the scruff *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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