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# Exam question 3 · How pets feel and saying goodbye

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It being given that a child believes a pet died through his own fault, select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, pet · **What happens:** give, believe, die, select, establish, fault · **To what, where:** It, own fault, response · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e3:1
# text = It being given that a child believes a pet died through his own fault, select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	select	select	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **believe** | present | a child |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **die** | past | a pet |  |  | pet's own fault |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **select** | infinitive |  | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 5 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 6 | **fault** |  | pet |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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The child is usually correct in such belief, as pets depend entirely upon children

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e3:o1:1
# text = The child is usually correct in such belief, as pets depend entirely upon children
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	depend	depend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the child |  |  | such belief |  | correct, usually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **depend** | present | pets |  |  |  |  | upon children; entirely *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The child should keep the feeling secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e3:o2:1
# text = The child should keep the feeling secret
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should | the child | the feeling |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme |

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

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Children often wrongly blame themselves, most pets dying of old age or illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e3:o3:1
# text = Children often wrongly blame themselves, most pets dying of old age or illness
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	blame	blame	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
9	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | present | Children | Children *= child* |  |  |  | often, wrongly *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | gerund | most pets *not said here* |  |  |  | of old age or illness |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of age=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The child should get another pet at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:e3:o4:1
# text = The child should get another pet at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | should | the child | another pet |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent pet=Theme at once=Asset |

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