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title: A dog has become fat from lots of treats. Which plan helps it most? — Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet · tree and pragmatics
description: A dog has become fat from lots of treats. Which plan helps it most? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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 9 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet

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A dog has become fat from lots of treats. Which plan helps it most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, plan · **What happens:** become, help · **To what, where:** dog

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dog has become fat from lots of treats.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t9:1
# text = A dog has become fat from lots of treats.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present · perfect | a dog |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Which plan helps it most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t9:2
# text = Which plan helps it most?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | which plan | dog |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Double treats so it is not sad about being fat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t9:o1:1
# text = Double treats so it is not sad about being fat
1	Double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Double treats |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Fewer treats and more walks and play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t9:o2:1
# text = Fewer treats and more walks and play
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	walks	walk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sleep more to save energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t9:o3:1
# text = Sleep more to save energy
1	Sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | imperative | you *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | energy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eat only cake on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet:t9:o4:1
# text = Eat only cake on Sundays
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | cake |  |  | sunday |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |

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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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