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title: gonna get 1 guinea pig, just the one, cheaper innit — Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish · tree and pragmatics
description: gonna get 1 guinea pig, just the one, cheaper innit Test 10 · ★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gonna get 1 guinea pig, just the one, cheaper innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** one, 1 guinea pig

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 63 «Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish» 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/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t10:1
# text = gonna get 1 guinea pig, just the one, cheaper innit
1	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | the one | 1 guinea pig |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent pig=Beneficiary one=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Get one now and another one in a few years when it's older

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t10:o1:1
# text = Get one now and another one in a few years when it's older
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | one |  |  | now; year |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One is best, so that it bonds only with you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t10:o2:1
# text = One is best, so that it bonds only with you
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bonds	bond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bond** | present | it |  |  |  |  | with you | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Get at least two, they are herd animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t10:o3:1
# text = Get at least two, they are herd animals
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nmod	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | two |  | least |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent two=Theme at least=Asset |
| 2 | **is a** | present | they | herd animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One is fine if you play with it every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t10:o4:1
# text = One is fine if you play with it every day
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  | day | with it | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=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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