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title: "lol watch, I'll drop the cat off the bunk bed, they always land on… — Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home · tree and pragmatics
description: "lol watch, I'll drop the cat off the bunk bed, they always land on their feet" What do you say? Test 1 · ★★ 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 wa
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

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"lol watch, I'll drop the cat off the bunk bed, they always land on their feet" What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, they, you · **What happens:** drop, land, say · **To what, where:** watch, bunk bed, feet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home» of the myths 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/myths/12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t1:1
# text = "lol watch, I'll drop the cat off the bunk bed, they always land on their feet" What do you say?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	bunk	bunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	17	advmod	_	_
17	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	_
22	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	obj	_	_
23	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** *in a quote* | future | I | watch |  | the bunk bed |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cat=Theme off bed=Destination |
| 2 | **land** *in a quote* | present | they |  |  | their feet |  | always *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on foot=Destination |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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Only kittens get hurt, she's grown up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t1:o1:1
# text = Only kittens get hurt, she's grown up
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | kittens |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **grow up** | present · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, cats can't be hurt from that height

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t1:o2:1
# text = Fine, cats can't be hurt from that height
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hurt** | can · passive |  | Fine cats |  | that height |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't, they can still get badly hurt; the twist isn't a superpower

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t1:o3:1
# text = Don't, they can still get badly hurt; the twist isn't a superpower
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	twist	twist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	superpower	superpower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | can · passive |  | they |  |  | still | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present | the twist | a superpower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drop her from somewhere even higher, so she has more time to turn round

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t1:o4:1
# text = Drop her from somewhere even higher, so she has more time to turn round
1	Drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	higher	high	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	round	round	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme from somewhere=Destination |
| 2 | **have** | present | she |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **turn round** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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