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title: Ascertain the requirements of a domestic rabbit in respect of compan… — Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the requirements of a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space. Exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Exam question 4 · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

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Ascertain the requirements of a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, require, respect · **To what, where:** requirements, domestic rabbit, companionship

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths 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/myths/12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the requirements of a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	companionship	companionship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the requirements of a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent requirement=Topic |
| 2 | **require** |  |  | a domestic rabbit in respect of companionship and space |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | companionship and space |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It requires neither companionship nor exercise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:e4:o1:1
# text = It requires neither companionship nor exercise
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	4	cc:preconj	_	_
4	companionship	companionship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	6	cc	_	_
6	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | companionship nor exercise |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme companionship=Precondition |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It generally requires a rabbit companion and ample space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:e4:o2:1
# text = It generally requires a rabbit companion and ample space
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	ample	ample	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | a rabbit companion and ample space |  |  |  | generally *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme companion=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It requires solitary confinement in a small and enclosed hutch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:e4:o3:1
# text = It requires solitary confinement in a small and enclosed hutch
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solitary	solitary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	confinement	confinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	enclosed	enclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	hutch	hutch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | solitary confinement |  | a small hutch |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme confinement=Precondition |
| 2 | **enclose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It requires the company of a cat or dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:e4:o4:1
# text = It requires the company of a cat or dog
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | the company of a cat or dog |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme company=Precondition |

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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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