Test 11 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe

can i throw some slug pellets round the veg, mum's out

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, mum · What happens: throw, be out · To what, where: slug pellets

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 throw	aux
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 throw	nsubj
3	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 pellets	det
5	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pellets	compound
6	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 throw	obj
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 veg	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 veg	det
9	veg	veg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 throw	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 's	punct
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 's	nsubj
12	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 throw	parataxis
13	out	out	ADV	_	12 's	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	can	i	some slug pellets				round the veg	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pellet=Theme
2	be out	present	mum					out property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Yes, if the dog is asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 asleep	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asleep	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 asleep	cop
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the dog					asleep property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, they only hurt slugs, nothing else in the garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hurt	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hurt	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 hurt	advmod
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	slugs	slug	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 hurt	obl
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 nothing	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 garden	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 garden	det
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	they	slugs				nothing obl	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer slug=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, children never touch poisons, they can kill pets too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 touch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 touch	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 touch	advmod
5	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	poisons	poison	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 touch	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kill	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kill	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 kill	aux
10	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 touch	conj
11	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kill	obj
12	too	too	ADV	_	10 kill	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	present	children	poisons					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme poison=Co-Theme
2	kill	can	children = child	pets					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme

Option 4

Yes, if you throw just a few

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 throw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 throw	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 throw	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 throw	nsubj
5	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 few	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 few	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 throw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	you	a few					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme

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