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title: A boy in Auckland sees his cat scratching and finds tiny dark specks… — A pet is a responsibility · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Auckland sees his cat scratching and finds tiny dark specks in its fur. What should the family do? Test 2 · ★ 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 w
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# Test 2 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

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A boy in Auckland sees his cat scratching and finds tiny dark specks in its fur. What should the family do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, cat, family · **What happens:** see, scratch, find, do · **To what, where:** cat, tiny dark specks, fur

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Auckland sees his cat scratching and finds tiny dark specks in its fur.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t2:1
# text = A boy in Auckland sees his cat scratching and finds tiny dark specks in its fur.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	scratching	scratch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	specks	speck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a boy in Auckland | boy's cat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scratch** | gerund | boy's cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **find** | present | a boy in Auckland *not said here* | tiny dark specks |  | cat's fur |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speck=Topic |

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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:* What should the family do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t2:2
# text = What should the family do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | the family |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Treat it for fleas as the vet suggests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t2:o1:1
# text = Treat it for fleas as the vet suggests
1	Treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	suggests	suggest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | for fleas | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | the vet |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep the boy away from all cats for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t2:o2:1
# text = Keep the boy away from all cats for good
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the boy |  |  | from all cats; for good; away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer boy=Beneficiary from cat=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, specks are normal dirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing, specks are normal dirt
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	specks	speck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing specks | normal dirt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shave off all its fur at home with clippers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t2:o4:1
# text = Shave off all its fur at home with clippers
1	Shave	shave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	clippers	clipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave off** | imperative | you *not said here* | its fur |  | home |  | with clippers | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fur=Patient with clipper=Instrument |

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