--- title: Noah says guinea pigs are fine living alone forever. true? — Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish · tree and pragmatics description: Noah says guinea pigs are fine living alone forever. true? Test 16 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/t16/) [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/) / [Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish Noah says guinea pigs are fine living alone forever. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah, guinea pigs · **What happens:** say, be, live · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t16:1 # text = Noah says guinea pigs are fine living alone forever. true? 1 Noah Noah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 8 alone alone ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 forever forever ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Noah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | guinea pigs | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | gerund | guinea pigs *not said here* | | | | | alone, forever *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, guinea pigs need company of their own kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t16:o1:1 # text = No, guinea pigs need company of their own kind 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | guinea pigs | company of pigs's own kind | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot company=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, unless they squeak at night, that means they're lonely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t16:o2:1 # text = Yes, unless they squeak at night, that means they're lonely 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 squeak squeak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeak** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | | | | night | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | they | | | | | lonely *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, they hate other guinea pigs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t16:o3:1 # text = Yes, they hate other guinea pigs 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 guinea guinea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | they | other guinea pigs | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pig=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if they have a toy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t16:o4:1 # text = Yes, if they have a toy 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | they | a toy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=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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