--- title: hows tight should the collar be — A pet is a responsibility · tree and pragmatics description: hows tight should the collar be Test 12 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/t12/) [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/) / [A pet is a responsibility](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility hows tight should the collar be **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t12:1 # text = hows tight should the collar be 1 hows how NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 tight tight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} You can slide two fingers under it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t12:o1:1 # text = You can slide two fingers under it 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide** | can | You | two fingers | | it | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent finger=Theme under it=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Loose enough to slide off his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t12:o2:1 # text = Loose enough to slide off his head 1 Loose loose ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 enough enough ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 slide slide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide off** | to-infinitive | | his head | | | | loose *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tight so you cannot fit a finger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t12:o3:1 # text = Tight so you cannot fit a finger 1 Tight tight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 so so SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fit** | can | you | a finger | | | | tight *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} So tight it leaves a mark ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t12:o4:1 # text = So tight it leaves a mark 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present | it | a mark | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme | **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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