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title: dogs scratching like mad all week, prob nothing — A pet is a responsibility · tree and pragmatics
description: dogs scratching like mad all week, prob nothing Test 11 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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 11 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

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dogs scratching like mad all week, prob nothing

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dogs · **What happens:** scratch, prob · **To what, where:** nothing

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t11:1
# text = dogs scratching like mad all week, prob nothing
1	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	scratching	scratch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	prob	prob	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | gerund | dogs *not said here* |  |  |  | week | like mad | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prob** | infinitive | dogs | nothing |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He may have fleas, tell an adult for treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t11:o1:1
# text = He may have fleas, tell an adult for treatment
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | may | He | fleas |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | He *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  | for treatment | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is just bored, give him a new chewy toy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t11:o2:1
# text = He is just bored, give him a new chewy toy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	chewy	chewy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive |  | a new chewy toy | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient toy=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Scratching is normal, ignore it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t11:o3:1
# text = Scratching is normal, ignore it
1	Scratching	scratching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Scratching |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ignore** | infinitive |  | Scratching |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He needs more baths with soap every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t11:o4:1
# text = He needs more baths with soap every day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | He | more baths |  |  | day | with soap | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bath=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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