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title: «gave the pony my whole bag of sugar lumps, he loved it» What is the… — Horses and ponies: how they eat, see,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «gave the pony my whole bag of sugar lumps, he loved it» What is the problem? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 207 «Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in herds» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 2 · ★ · Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in he…

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«gave the pony my whole bag of sugar lumps, he loved it» What is the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pony · **What happens:** give, love, be · **To what, where:** whole bag, pony, bag, problem

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 207 «Horses and ponies: how they eat, see, sleep and live in herds» of the biology 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/biology/207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t2:1
# text = «gave the pony my whole bag of sugar lumps, he loved it» What is the problem?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	lumps	lump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past |  | my whole bag of sugar lumps | the pony |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pony=Recipient bag=Theme |
| 2 | **love** *in a quote* | past | pony | bag |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the problem |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sugar makes horses sleep standing up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t2:o1:1
# text = Sugar makes horses sleep standing up
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Sugar | horses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | infinitive | horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand up** | gerund | horses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, sugar is a horse's best food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t2:o2:1
# text = Nothing, sugar is a horse's best food
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nothing sugar | a horse's best food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Too much sugar harms horses' teeth and feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t2:o3:1
# text = Too much sugar harms horses' teeth and feet
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	harms	harm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **harm** | present | much sugar | horses's teeth and feet |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Sugar makes ponies grow too tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds:t2:o4:1
# text = Sugar makes ponies grow too tall
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Sugar | ponies |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive | ponies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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