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title: heard Josh's two hamsters had a massive fight and one died, his mum… — Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish · tree and pragmatics
description: heard Josh's two hamsters had a massive fight and one died, his mum said they were brothers Test 17 · ★ 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.
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# Test 17 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

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heard Josh's two hamsters had a massive fight and one died, his mum said they were brothers

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two hamsters, one, mum, hamsters · **What happens:** hear, have, die, say, be · **To what, where:** massive fight, brothers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t17:1
# text = heard Josh's two hamsters had a massive fight and one died, his mum said they were brothers
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
2	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
12	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | Josh's two hamsters *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | past | Josh's two hamsters | a massive fight |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient |
| 3 | **die** | past | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Josh's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | past | hamsters *= hamster* | brothers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Real lesson: hamster brothers always get along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t17:o1:1
# text = Real lesson: hamster brothers always get along
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	along	along	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get along** | present | hamster brothers | Real lesson |  |  |  | along, always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It proves hamsters are dangerous to people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t17:o2:1
# text = It proves hamsters are dangerous to people
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It | hamsters |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to people; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is gossip, so two hamsters can share a cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t17:o3:1
# text = It is gossip, so two hamsters can share a cage
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | can | two hamsters | a cage |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: adult Syrian hamsters fight, so each lives alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t17:o4:1
# text = Real lesson: adult Syrian hamsters fight, so each lives alone
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | adult Syrian hamsters |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** | present | each |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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