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title: Kai: "Your cat's not an animal? What is it then, a sofa with a tail?… — "If... then..." and its traps · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai: "Your cat's not an animal? What is it then, a sofa with a tail?" Which reasoning is Kai laughing at? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · "If... then..." and its traps

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Kai: "Your cat's not an animal? What is it then, a sofa with a tail?" Which reasoning is Kai laughing at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai, cat, reasoning · **What happens:** not be, be, laugh · **To what, where:** animal, Kai

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» of the world 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/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai: "Your cat's not an animal?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t2:1
# text = Kai: "Your cat's not an animal?
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Kai | a animal |  |  |  |  | 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 is it then, a sofa with a tail?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t2:2
# text = What is it then, a sofa with a tail?"
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Which reasoning is Kai laughing at?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t2:3
# text = Which reasoning is Kai laughing at?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | which reasoning | Kai |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | Kai *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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"Sofas are furniture, not animals"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t2:o1:1
# text = "Sofas are furniture, not animals"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sofas	sofa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	furniture	furniture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sofas | furniture and animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"All dogs are animals"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t2:o2:1
# text = "All dogs are animals"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | all dogs | animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Cats are animals"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t2:o3:1
# text = "Cats are animals"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 a** *in a quote* | present | Cats | animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Not a dog, so not an animal"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:184-if-then-and-its-traps:t2:o4:1
# text = "Not a dog, so not an animal"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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