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title: Identify the course of action prescribed in the event that a dog is… — Foods that are dangerous for pets: cho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action prescribed in the event that a dog is known to have ingested raisins. Exam question 2 of lesson 331 «Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onio…

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Identify the course of action prescribed in the event that a dog is known to have ingested raisins.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, event · **What happens:** identify, prescribe, know, have, ingest · **To what, where:** course, action, event, dog, ingested raisins

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 331 «Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies» 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/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:e2:1
# text = Identify the course of action prescribed in the event that a dog is known to have ingested raisins.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	ingested	ingest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	raisins	raisin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **prescribe** | participle |  | action *not said here* |  | the event |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | present · passive | the event *not said here* | a dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | to-infinitive | the event *not said here* | ingested raisins |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raisin=Patient |
| 5 | **ingest** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The administration of an emetic by the owner without professional advice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:e2:o1:1
# text = The administration of an emetic by the owner without professional advice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	administration	administration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	emetic	emetic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	professional	professional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** |  |  | a emetic by the owner |  |  |  | without professional advice | nom administration «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Postponement of any action until symptoms of illness become manifest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:e2:o2:1
# text = Postponement of any action until symptoms of illness become manifest
1	Postponement	postponement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	symptoms	symptom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	manifest	manifest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Postponement of any action | manifest |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The provision of additional dried fruit to dilute the effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:e2:o3:1
# text = The provision of additional dried fruit to dilute the effect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dilute	dilute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **dilute** | to-infinitive |  | the effect |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |
| 3 | **provide** |  | additional dried fruit |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Immediate consultation with a veterinary surgeon, irrespective of the animal's apparent condition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies:e2:o4:1
# text = Immediate consultation with a veterinary surgeon, irrespective of the animal's apparent condition
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	veterinary	veterinary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	surgeon	surgeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **condition** |  | the animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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