--- title: Why do so many pets given as surprise presents end up in shelters? — A pet is a responsibility · tree and pragmatics description: Why do so many pets given as surprise presents end up in shelters? Test 4 · ★ 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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility Why do so many pets given as surprise presents end up in shelters? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many pets · **What happens:** do, give, end up · **To what, where:** many pets, shelters This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t4:1 # text = Why do so many pets given as surprise presents end up in shelters? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 shelters shelter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many pets *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | participle | | many pets *not said here* | | | | as surprise presents | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **end up** | present | many pets | | | | | in shelters *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in shelter=Result | 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 {#o1} Pets dislike wrapping paper and run away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t4:o1:1 # text = Pets dislike wrapping paper and run away 1 Pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dislike dislike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wrapping wrap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dislike** | present | Pets | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **wrap** | gerund | Pets *not said here* | paper | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paper=Theme | | 3 | **run away** | present | Pets *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The new owners were not ready or able to care for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t4:o2:1 # text = The new owners were not ready or able to care for them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the new owners | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the new owners *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **care** | to-infinitive | the new owners *not said here* | | | | | for owners *= owner* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shelters ask for surprise pets ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t4:o3:1 # text = Shelters ask for surprise pets 1 Shelters shelter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Shelters | | | | | for surprise pets | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Surprise pets are always unhealthy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t4:o4:1 # text = Surprise pets are always unhealthy 1 Surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 unhealthy unhealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Surprise pets | | | | | always, unhealthy *property* | tree rules | **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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