--- title: Why should a new pet and the family's old pet meet slowly with an ad… — A pet is a responsibility · tree and pragmatics description: Why should a new pet and the family's old pet meet slowly with an adult watching? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility Why should a new pet and the family's old pet meet slowly with an adult watching? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new pet, adult · **What happens:** meet, watch This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t9:1 # text = Why should a new pet and the family's old pet meet slowly with an adult watching? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 with with SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | should | a new pet and the family's old pet | | | | | slowly *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | a adult | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | 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} New pets need to show they are the boss ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t9:o1:1 # text = New pets need to show they are the boss 1 New new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | New pets | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | New pets *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | pets *= pet* | the boss | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Animals can feel jealous or scared of newcomers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t9:o2:1 # text = Animals can feel jealous or scared of newcomers 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 newcomers newcomer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | can | Animals | | | | | jealous *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} It saves time on the very first day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t9:o3:1 # text = It saves time on the very first day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | present | It | | | | day; time | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Old pets always love new pets at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t9:o4:1 # text = Old pets always love new pets at once 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | Old pets | new pets | | | | always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pet=Stimulus | **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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