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title: It is given that a child proposes to lift a rabbit by its ears. Asce… — Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a child proposes to lift a rabbit by its ears. Ascertain the correct method of handling. Exam question 4 of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 4 · Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never sto…

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It is given that a child proposes to lift a rabbit by its ears. Ascertain the correct method of handling.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, you · **What happens:** give, propose, lift, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, rabbit, correct method

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 200 «Rabbits: hay not carrots, binkies and teeth that never stop growing» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a child proposes to lift a rabbit by its ears.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:e4:1
# text = It is given that a child proposes to lift a rabbit by its ears.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	proposes	propose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **propose** | present | a child |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **lift** | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | a rabbit |  |  |  | by child's ears | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme by ear=Destination |

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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:* Ascertain the correct method of handling.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the correct method of handling.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	handling	handling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct method of handling |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Suspension by the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:e4:o1:1
# text = Suspension by the tail
1	Suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Suspension by the hind legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:e4:o2:1
# text = Suspension by the hind legs
1	Suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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One hand beneath the chest and one beneath the hindquarters, the animal held close

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:e4:o3:1
# text = One hand beneath the chest and one beneath the hindquarters, the animal held close
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hindquarters	hindquarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
14	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | the animal *not said here* |  |  |  | close *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Suspension by the ears, as practised by magicians, the ears being sufficiently strong

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing:e4:o4:1
# text = Suspension by the ears, as practised by magicians, the ears being sufficiently strong
1	Suspension	suspension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	practised	practise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	magicians	magician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
14	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | participle | Suspension by the ears |  |  |  |  | by magicians | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | the ears | magicians *not said here* |  |  |  | strong, sufficiently *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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