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title: A pet shop sells a hamster cage the size of a shoebox labelled "perf… — Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home · tree and pragmatics
description: A pet shop sells a hamster cage the size of a shoebox labelled "perfect home". What's the smart move? Test 8 · ★★ 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 choi
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Cats, dogs and animal 'facts' at home

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A pet shop sells a hamster cage the size of a shoebox labelled "perfect home". What's the smart move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pet shop, shoebox, smart move · **What happens:** sell, labell, be · **To what, where:** hamster cage, perfect home

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A pet shop sells a hamster cage the size of a shoebox labelled "perfect home".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t8:1
# text = A pet shop sells a hamster cage the size of a shoebox labelled "perfect home".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shoebox	shoebox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	labelled	labell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | a pet shop | a hamster cage |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cage=Recipient size=Theme |
| 2 | **labell** | participle | a shoebox *not said here* | perfect home |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the smart move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t8:2
# text = What's the smart move?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the smart move |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Get an even smaller one so the hamster feels nice and cosy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t8:o1:1
# text = Get an even smaller one so the hamster feels nice and cosy
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a smaller one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
| 2 | **feel** | present | the hamster |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep the hamster in your pocket instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t8:o2:1
# text = Keep the hamster in your pocket instead
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the hamster |  | your pocket |  | instead *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme in pocket=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Trust the label, the shop knows best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t8:o3:1
# text = Trust the label, the shop knows best
1	Trust	trust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | imperative | you *not said here* | the label |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | the shop | best |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Check a charity guide; hamsters need much more space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:12-cats-dogs-and-animal-facts-at-home:t8:o4:1
# text = Check a charity guide; hamsters need much more space
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | a charity guide |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guide=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | hamsters | more space |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot space=Theme |

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