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title: heard someone got a puppy for Christmas and by February they dumped… — A pet is a responsibility · tree and pragmatics
description: heard someone got a puppy for Christmas and by February they dumped it on the motorway Test 17 · ★ 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 17 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

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heard someone got a puppy for Christmas and by February they dumped it on the motorway

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, Christmas · **What happens:** hear, get, dump · **To what, where:** puppy, motorway · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t17:1
# text = heard someone got a puppy for Christmas and by February they dumped it on the motorway
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	dumped	dump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	motorway	motorway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  | a puppy |  |  |  | for Christmas and February | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **dump** | past | Christmas | puppy |  | the motorway |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme on motorway=Trajectory |

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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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Real lesson: a pet is not a surprise gift, and abandoning a pet is cruel and against the law

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t17:o1:1
# text = Real lesson: a pet is not a surprise gift, and abandoning a pet is cruel and against the law
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	csubj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	against	against	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | a pet | a surprise gift |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **abandon** | gerund |  | a pet |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme pet=Source |
| 3 | **is** | present | abandoning |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Real lesson: puppies are only for summer, and in winter it is fine to let them go wherever you like

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t17:o2:1
# text = Real lesson: puppies are only for summer, and in winter it is fine to let them go wherever you like
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	expl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	csubj	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | puppies |  |  |  |  | for summer | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | winter | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** | to-infinitive |  | puppies *= puppy* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | puppies *= puppy* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is gossip, so abandoning a pet is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t17:o3:1
# text = It is gossip, so abandoning a pet is fine
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	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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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 | **abandon** | gerund |  | a pet |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme pet=Source |
| 3 | **is** | present | abandoning | gossip *not said here* |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It proves Christmas pets are always dumped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t17:o4:1
# text = It proves Christmas pets are always dumped
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	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	dumped	dump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dump** | present · passive |  | Christmas pets |  |  |  | always *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |

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