--- title: apparently feeding bread to ducks makes them literally explode, my b… — Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics description: apparently feeding bread to ducks makes them literally explode, my brother said. what's probably blown up? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/t18/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★ · Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds apparently feeding bread to ducks makes them literally explode, my brother said. what's probably blown up? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** feeding, ducks, brother · **What happens:** feed, make, explode, say, blow up · **To what, where:** bread, ducks · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 228 «Safe and kind in parks and playgrounds» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t18:1 # text = apparently feeding bread to ducks makes them literally explode, my brother said. what's probably blown up? 1 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 feeding feed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 3 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 literally literally ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 explode explode VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 probably probably ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | gerund | | bread | ducks | | | apparently *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bread=Theme to duck=Recipient | | 2 | **make** | present | feeding | ducks *= duck* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **explode** | present | ducks *= duck* *not said here* | | | | | literally *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **blow up** | present · passive | | | | | | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | 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} That ducks eat food ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t18:o1:1 # text = That ducks eat food 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | that ducks | food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Explode; but bread really makes ducks sick ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t18:o2:1 # text = Explode; but bread really makes ducks sick 1 Explode explode VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explode** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | bread | ducks | | | | sick *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material duck=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} That bread fills them up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t18:o3:1 # text = That bread fills them up 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill up** | present | that bread | them *= they* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} That ducks live in ponds ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:228-parks-and-playgrounds:t18:o4:1 # text = That ducks live in ponds 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ponds pond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | that ducks | | | ponds | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Location | **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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