--- title: How could you protect lettuce without harming hedgehogs? — The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, t… · tree and pragmatics description: How could you protect lettuce without harming hedgehogs? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 338 «The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / [The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs How could you protect lettuce without harming hedgehogs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** protect, harm · **To what, where:** lettuce, hedgehogs This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 338 «The vegetable patch: peas, potatoes, tomatoes and slugs» 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/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t2:1 # text = How could you protect lettuce without harming hedgehogs? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 lettuce lettuce NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 harming harm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 hedgehogs hedgehog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | could | you | lettuce | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lettuce=Beneficiary | | 2 | **harm** | gerund | you *not said here* | hedgehogs | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hedgehog=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Welcome slug eaters like frogs and thrushes, and pick slugs off at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t2:o1:1 # text = Welcome slug eaters like frogs and thrushes, and pick slugs off at night 1 Welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 slug slug NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 eaters eater NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thrushes thrush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 slugs slug NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick off** | infinitive | Welcome slug eaters like frogs and thrushes | slugs | | | night | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slug=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cover the lettuce and the soil around it with a thick layer of salt every day ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t2:o2:1 # text = Cover the lettuce and the soil around it with a thick layer of salt every day 1 Cover cover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lettuce lettuce NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 layer layer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lettuce and the soil | | soil | day | with a thick layer of salt | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent lettuce=Destination with layer=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Plant the lettuce in the pond ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t2:o3:1 # text = Plant the lettuce in the pond 1 Plant plant VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lettuce lettuce NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lettuce | | the pond | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lettuce=Theme in pond=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Spray the hedgehogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:biology:338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs:t2:o4:1 # text = Spray the hedgehogs 1 Spray spray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hedgehogs hedgehog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spray** | imperative | you *not said here* | | the hedgehogs | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Destination | **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. 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