Test 4 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility

Why do so many pets given as surprise presents end up in shelters?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: many pets · What happens: do, give, end up · To what, where: many pets, shelters

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 end	advcl
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pets	amod
5	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 end	nsubj
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pets	acl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 presents	case
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presents	compound
9	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 given	obl
10	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 end	compound:prt
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 shelters	case
13	shelters	shelter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 end	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	many pets not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	participle		many pets not said here	as surprise presents	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	end up	present	many pets		in shelters result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in shelter=Result

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

Option 1

Pets dislike wrapping paper and run away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dislike	nsubj
2	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wrapping	wrap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dislike	xcomp
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrapping	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 run	cc
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dislike	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dislike	present	Pets			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	wrap	gerund	Pets not said here	paper		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paper=Theme
3	run away	present	Pets not said here		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The new owners were not ready or able to care for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 owners	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 owners	amod
3	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ready	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ready	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 ready	advmod
6	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 able	cc
8	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ready	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 care	mark
10	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 able	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	past	the new owners	ready property	tree rules
2	be		the new owners not said here		tree rules
3	care	to-infinitive	the new owners not said here	for owners = owner	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for they=Theme

Option 3

Shelters ask for surprise pets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shelters	shelter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ask	nsubj
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 pets	case
4	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pets	compound
5	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Shelters					for surprise pets	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Surprise pets are always unhealthy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pets	compound
2	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 unhealthy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unhealthy	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 unhealthy	advmod
5	unhealthy	unhealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Surprise pets					always, unhealthy property	tree rules

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