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title: Ascertain the reason for which one does not shelter beneath dead tre… — Safe and kind in gardens and forests · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason for which one does not shelter beneath dead trees or loose branches. Exam question 4 of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 4 · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

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Ascertain the reason for which one does not shelter beneath dead trees or loose branches.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, one · **What happens:** ascertain, not shelter · **To what, where:** reason, dead trees

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» of the everyday 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/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which one does not shelter beneath dead trees or loose branches.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	shelter	shelter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **shelter** | present · do-support | which one |  |  | dead trees or loose branches |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location |

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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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They provide no shade whatever on a sunny day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:e4:o1:1
# text = They provide no shade whatever on a sunny day
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	provide	provide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	appos	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present | They | no shade |  |  | day |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition shade=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They contain more insects than living trees do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:e4:o2:1
# text = They contain more insects than living trees do
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | present | more insects than living trees |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They may fall without warning, particularly in wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:e4:o3:1
# text = They may fall without warning, particularly in wind
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | may | They |  |  | wind |  | without warning; particularly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wind=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are owned by the forest rangers and may not be used

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:e4:o4:1
# text = They are owned by the forest rangers and may not be used
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rangers	ranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present · passive | the forest rangers | They |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **use** | may · passive | the forest rangers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |

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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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