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# Exam question 1 · How pets feel and saying goodbye

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an animal hiding more than is usual?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** animal · **What happens:** follow, characteris, hide, be · **To what, where:** more

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an animal hiding more than is usual?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	11	obj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hide** | gerund | a animal *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present | a animal |  |  |  |  | usual *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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It is invariably content and well rested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e1:o1:1
# text = It is invariably content and well rested
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	content	content	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	rested	rest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | content, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rest** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It wishes to be picked up and carried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e1:o2:1
# text = It wishes to be picked up and carried
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pick up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING» |
| 3 | **carry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It may be ill, in pain or frightened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e1:o3:1
# text = It may be ill, in pain or frightened
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | It |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **frighten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is merely playing a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e1:o4:1
# text = It is merely playing a game
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present · progressive | It | a game |  |  |  | merely *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

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