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description: A girl in Leeds feels terrible because her pet guinea pig died of old age. Which thought is true? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

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A girl in Leeds feels terrible because her pet guinea pig died of old age. Which thought is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, guinea pig, thought · **What happens:** feel, die, be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Leeds feels terrible because her pet guinea pig died of old age.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t4:1
# text = A girl in Leeds feels terrible because her pet guinea pig died of old age.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | a girl in Leeds |  |  |  |  | terrible *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **die** | past | girl's guinea pig |  |  |  | of old age |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of age=Causer |

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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:* Which thought is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t4:2
# text = Which thought is true?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which thought |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She should never feel sad about pets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t4:o1:1
# text = She should never feel sad about pets
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feel** | should | She |  |  |  |  | about pets; sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Guinea pigs never die of old age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t4:o2:1
# text = Guinea pigs never die of old age
1	Guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | present | Guinea pigs |  |  |  | of old age |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of age=Causer |

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

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Most pets die of old age or illness, not because of a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t4:o3:1
# text = Most pets die of old age or illness, not because of a child
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
11	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | Most pets |  |  |  | of old age or illness | because a child | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of age=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It must have been her fault for not looking after it well enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t4:o4:1
# text = It must have been her fault for not looking after it well enough
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
13	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must · perfect | It | her fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after fault | enough, well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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