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description: A family in Ontario cleans the hamster cage, throws away every bit of bedding and adds new scented bedding. Why might the hamster be stressed? Test 3 · ★ 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 ques
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# Test 3 · ★ · Guinea pigs, hamsters and fish

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A family in Ontario cleans the hamster cage, throws away every bit of bedding and adds new scented bedding. Why might the hamster be stressed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** clean, throw away, add, scent, stress · **To what, where:** hamster cage, bit, new scented bedding, hamster

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in Ontario cleans the hamster cage, throws away every bit of bedding and adds new scented bedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t3:1
# text = A family in Ontario cleans the hamster cage, throws away every bit of bedding and adds new scented bedding.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ontario	Ontario	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	cleans	clean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
18	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	scented	scent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | present | a family in Ontario | the hamster cage |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cage=Patient |
| 2 | **throw away** | present | a family in Ontario *not said here* | every bit of bedding |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | a family in Ontario *not said here* | new scented bedding |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedding=Patient |
| 4 | **scent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why might the hamster be stressed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t3:2
# text = Why might the hamster be stressed?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	stressed	stress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stress** | might · passive |  | the hamster |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Scented bedding makes hamsters hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t3:o1:1
# text = Scented bedding makes hamsters hungry
1	Scented	scent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	bedding	bedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present | Scented bedding | hamsters |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hamster=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cage is now too clean to sleep in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t3:o2:1
# text = The cage is now too clean to sleep in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the cage |  |  |  | now | clean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep in** | to-infinitive | the cage *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hamsters only like dirty, smelly cages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t3:o3:1
# text = Hamsters only like dirty, smelly cages
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	smelly	smelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cages	cage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its home no longer smells familiar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:63-guinea-pigs-hamsters-and-fish:t3:o4:1
# text = Its home no longer smells familiar
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	no	no	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | Its home |  |  |  |  | familiar, long *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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